What does georgic mean?
Georgic means A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc..
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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; […]
georgic life
georgic landscape
georgic tradition
Headed west now from the blighted plain / It’s kind of gorgeous in a georgic way
Use georgic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Georgic means A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc..
Common synonyms include georgical.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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; […]
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