Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the ancient Greek region of Arcadia or its people, language, or culture.
- adjective Rustic, peaceful, and simple; pastoral.
- noun A native or inhabitant of the ancient Greek region of Arcadia.
- noun One who leads or prefers a simple, rural life.
- noun The dialect of ancient Greek used in Arcadia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Arcadia, a mountainous district of Greece in the heart of the Peloponnesus, or to its inhabitants, who were a simple pastoral people, fond of music and dancing.
- Pastoral; rustic; simple; innocent.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of the Academy of the Arcadians, an Italian poetical (now also scientific) society founded at Rome in 1690, the aim of the members of which was originally to imitate classic simplicity.
- Sometimes written Arcadic.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Arcadia.
- noun A member of the Academy of the Arcadians. See I.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural.
- adjective the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An inhabitant or a resident of
Arcadia , (US), and its suburbs. - noun A thing that originates from Arcadia, (US).
- adjective Pertaining to Arcadia (US).
- noun An inhabitant of ancient
Arcadia . - noun An ideal
rustic . - adjective Pertaining to ancient
Arcadia . - adjective Ideally
rustic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
- noun an inhabitant of Arcadia
Etymologies
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Examples
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Historically, as Leo Marx has noted, the age of discovery introduced into the Arcadian myth "a note of topographical realism," and, from the Elizabethan era until the late nineteenth century, Europeans tended to view America in Arcadian terms as a vast and unspoiled garden of "'incredible abundance'" (Marx 47, 37-40) .4
Gender, Environment, and Imperialism in William Blake's _Visions of the Daughters of Albion_ 2001
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Phillip Distasio, who said he is the leader of a church called Arcadian Fields Ministries, represented himself at his pretrial hearing Wednesday.
Man says sex with children is religious ritual Suzanne 2006
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There was a huge effort led by a private ambulance company called Arcadian Ambulances (ph) to air-lift these babies out.
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In telling me of this he tried to recall his Arcadian name, but could only remember that it was "Olympico something."
Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions William Dean Howells 1878
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You cannot imagine, Clarinda (I like the idea of Arcadian names in a commerce of this kind), how much store I have set by the hopes of your future friendship.
The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777
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-- At the close of the seventeenth century, a new dawn arose in the history of Italian letters, and the general corruption which had extended to every branch of literature and paralyzed the Italian mind began to be arrested by the appearance of writers of better taste; the affectations of the Marinists and of the so-called Arcadian poets were banished from literature; science was elevated and its dominion extended, the melodrama, comedy, and tragedy recreated, and a new spirit infused into every branch of composition.
Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853
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A wall was lined with books on subjects such as Arcadian architecture, roof gardens and sound environments.
Picturing Failure, Sketching Dreams Ellen Gamerman 2010
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There were small paintings clustered in groups on the walls, some in gold frames and some in wooden ones, and they were Jordan’s favorite kind of art, paintings that lsooked like actual things, instead of being a collection of smears and blotches called Arcadian Sunset or Woman on the Verge.
Best Friends Forever Jennifer Weiner 2009
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There were small paintings clustered in groups on the walls, some in gold frames and some in wooden ones, and they were Jordan’s favorite kind of art, paintings that lsooked like actual things, instead of being a collection of smears and blotches called Arcadian Sunset or Woman on the Verge.
Best Friends Forever Jennifer Weiner 2009
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There were small paintings clustered in groups on the walls, some in gold frames and some in wooden ones, and they were Jordan’s favorite kind of art, paintings that lsooked like actual things, instead of being a collection of smears and blotches called Arcadian Sunset or Woman on the Verge.
Best Friends Forever Jennifer Weiner 2009
jpin commented on the word Arcadian
The region of Greece known in classical times as Arcadia is quite mountainous. It was therefore rather inaccessible and so was well known for its peaceful, rustic way of life.
September 13, 2010