georgick

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A form of georgic — A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of georgic.
noungeorgick (plural georgicks)

plural georgicks

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of georgic.
    1 more example

    And ſurely if the purpoſe be in good earneſt not to vvrite at leaſure that vvhich mẽ [men] may read at leaſure, but really to inſtruct and ſuborne Action and actiue life, theſe Georgickes of the mind concerning the huſbãdry & tillage thereof, are no leſſe vvorthy thẽ the heroical deſcriptiõs of vertue, duty, & felicity vvherfore the maine & primitiue diuiſion of Morall knovvledge ſeemeth to be into the Exemplar or Platforme of Good, and the Regiment or Culture of the mind; […]

    1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folios 71, recto – 71, verso
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APA

georgick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/georgick

MLA

“georgick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/georgick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “georgick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/georgick.

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