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Georgic
adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to rural affairs.
"georgic life"
Noun
- 1 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; […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin georgicum, georgicus.
Etymology 2
From Latin georgicum, georgicus.
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