See Also: bucolic(1)(dictionary)
bucolic(2)(dictionary)
bucolic(dictionary)

infall (iou) and bucolic (oh)


infall (iou)



infall noun. M17.
[from IN-1 + FALL noun2, after Dutch inval.]
An attack, inroad, or incursion upon an army, town, etc., or into a country. Now rare. M17.
The place where water enters a reservoir, canal, etc. M17.
Chiefly Astronomy. (An instance of) falling into or upon a body (esp. a planet) from an outside source; material which falls or has fallen (e.g. cosmic dust). L19.

bucolic (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: bucolicus, from Greek, from boukolos 'person who looks after cows']
relating to the countryside