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georgic, a. and n.|ˈdʒɔːdʒɪk| [ad. L. geōrgic-us, a. Gr. γεωργικός, f. γεωργός husbandman, f. γεω- (γῆ) earth + root ἐργ- of ἔργον work, ἔρξω used as fut. of ἔρδειν to work. Cf. F. géorgique.] A. adj. Relating to agriculture. Obs. exc. in semi-humorous use = agricultural, rustic.
1711–20Gay Rural Sports 67 Here I peruse the Mantuan's Georgic strains, And learn the labours of Italian swains. 1774T. West Antiq. Furness Ded., These environs find the good effect of your taste and judgment in the useful parts of Georgic studies. 1875G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie xviii. 100 The idea was abroad in the mind bucolic and georgic. B. n. †1. A husbandman, tiller of the soil. Obs. rare—1.
1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser Pref. 2 Adam in the Garden of Eden..was..to perform the Office of a Georgic (or Husband-man). 2. pl. a. The science of land-culture (= Gr. τὰ γεωργικά).
1802Acerbi Trav. I. 144 The elements of botany, horticulture and other branches of georgics. b. The title of Virgil's poetical treatise on husbandry, in four books; hence sometimes in sing. a poem dealing with rustic occupations.
1513Douglas æneis vi. Prol. 101 Octavian, in his Georgikis, ȝe may se, He [Virgil] consalis nevir lordschip in hell desyre. 1586W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 28 He [Virgil] immitateth Homer in that worke, so dooth he likewyse followe..Hesiodus in his Georgicks or bookes of Husbandry. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. Pref. (1845) 21 Such passages do..make the style of his Georgicks, as well Noble..as that of his æneids. a1719Addison On Virgil's Georgics Wks. 1721 I. 250 A Georgic therefore is some part of the science of husbandry..set off with all the Beauties and Embellishments of Poetry. 1753Gray Lett. Wks. 1884 II. 249 Today it is in the North, clear sunshine, but cold and a little wintry: and so ends my Georgick in prose. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 110 His Supreme Being—a mere didactic phrase, the deity of a poet's georgic. |