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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Georgic

Geor′gic (-jĭk), n. [L. georgicum (sc. carmen), and georgica, pl., Gr. βίβλιον γεωργικόν, and τα~ γεωργικά: cf. F. géorgiques, pl. See Georgic, a.] A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil.

Geor′gic (jôr′jĭk), Geor′gic·al (-jĭ·kal), a. [L. georgicus, Gr. γεωργικός, fr. γεωργία tillage, agriculture: cf. F. géorgique. See George.] Relating to agriculture and rural affairs.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article.