georgic

English

Etymology

From Latin georgicum, georgicus.

Noun

georgic (plural georgics)

1. 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

• georgick (obsolete)

Adjective

georgic (comparative more georgic, superlative most georgic)

1. 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

• 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Etymology

Borrowed from French géorgique.

Adjective

georgic m or n (feminine singular georgică, masculine plural georgici, feminine and neuter plural georgice)

1. georgic

Declension

Declension of georgic

		singular			plural
		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

georgic f (plural georgici)

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Declension

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References

• georgic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN