Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
georgic en · ADJ
Etymology
From Latin georgicum, georgicus, from Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Meanings
-
Relating to rural affairs.
georgic life
georgic landscape
georgic tradition
Headed west now from the blighted plain / It’s kind of gorgeous in a georgic way
2018, Vansire, “That I Miss You”:
Forms
Synonyms
georgical
georgic en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin georgicum, georgicus, from Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Meanings
-
A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc.
And ſurely if the purpoſe be in good earneſt not to vvrite at leaſure that vvhich mẽ [men] may read at leaſure, but really to inſtruct and ſuborne Action and actiue life, theſe Georgickes of the mind concerning the huſbãdry & tillage thereof, are no leſſe vvorthy thẽ the heroical deſcriptiõs of vertue, duty, & felicity vvherfore the maine & primitiue diuiſion of Morall knovvledge ſeemeth to be into the Exemplar or Platforme of Good, and the Regiment or Culture of the mind; […]
1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folios 71, recto – 71, verso:
Forms