Definitions
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
Word origin
From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pāstōrālis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -ālis.
Used in a sentence
“Like the Mesolithic age of 10,000-8000 B.C., the period 6000-4000 B.C. seems to be one of the fall of fortresses and the rise of pastoral nomadism.”
“We were living a pastoral life.”
“[…] these pastoral farms, / Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Rustic”8 letters
02“countrylike”8 letters
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