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bucolics

noun as in clown

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Pasiphaë's monstrous passion for a bull is certainly a subject enough fitted for bucolics.

His compositions in Latin are—Africa, an epic poem; his Bucolics, containing twelve eclogues; and three books of epistles.

The Eclogues, sometimes called also Bucolica or Bucolics, are ten short pastoral poems.

The Bucolics are eclogues, and never touch upon either of these subjects.

I took with me a flute, a copy of the Bucolics of Virgil, and numerous linen garments.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bucolics, such as: buffoon, lout, blockhead, bumpkin, chuff, and churl.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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