georgic
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin georgicum, georgicus.
Noun
editgeorgic (plural georgics)
- A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc.
- 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:
- 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; […]
Alternative forms
edit- georgick (obsolete)
Adjective
editgeorgic (comparative more georgic, superlative most georgic)
- Relating to rural affairs.
- Synonym: georgical
- 2018, Vansire (lyrics and music), “That I Miss You”:
- Headed west now from the blighted plain / It’s kind of gorgeous in a georgic way
Alternative forms
edit- georgick (obsolete)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “georgic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French géorgique.
Adjective
editgeorgic m or n (feminine singular georgică, masculine plural georgici, feminine and neuter plural georgice)
Declension
editDeclension of georgic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | georgic | georgică | georgici | georgice | ||
definite | georgicul | georgica | georgicii | georgicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | georgic | georgice | georgici | georgice | ||
definite | georgicului | georgicei | georgicilor | georgicelor |
Noun
editgeorgic f (plural georgici)
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References
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
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- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns