arcadian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Ar=ca=di=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

arcadian, a. [L. Arcadius, Arcadicus, fr. Arcadia: cf. F. Arcadien, Arcadique.].

•  Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.  [1913 Webster]
•  the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

arcadian, n. & adj.
--n. an idealized peasant or country dweller, esp. in poetry.
--adj. simple and poetically rural.

Derivative

Arcadianism n.

Etymology

L Arcadius f. Gk Arkadia mountain district in Peloponnese

THESAURUS

arcadian

Edenic, agrarian, agrestic, agricultural, arcadian, bucolic, celestial, country, farm, genuine, heavenly, homespun, ideal, idealized, inartificial, lowland, millennial, native, natural, naturelike, paradisal, pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic, unadorned, unaffected, unartificial, unassuming, undesigning, undisguising, undissembling, undissimulating, unembellished, unfeigning, unpretending, unpretentious, unspoiled, unvarnished, upland, utopian

ROGET THESAURUS

arcadian

Artlessness

N artlessness, nature, simplicity, innocence, bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity, singleness of purpose, singleness of heart, honesty, plain speaking, epanchement, rough diamond, matter of fact man, le palais de verite, enfant terrible, artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive, sincere, frank, open, open as day, candid, ingenuous, guileless, unsuspicious, honest, innocent, Arcadian, undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard, simple-minded, single-minded, frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted, free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken, blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical, unflattering, in plain words, in plain English, without mincing the matter, not to mince the matter, Davus sum non Oedipus, liberavi animam meam, as frank as rain on cherry blossoms.

Innocence

N innocence, guiltlessness, incorruption, impeccability, clean hands, clear conscience, mens sibi conscia recti, innocent, lamb, dove, innocent, not guilty, unguilty, guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless, clear, immaculate, rectus in curia, unspotted, unblemished, unerring, undefiled, unhardened, Saturnian, Arcadian, inculpable, unculpable, unblamed, unblamable, blameless, unfallen, inerrable, above suspicion, irreproachable, irreprovable, irreprehensible, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable, salvable, venial, harmless, inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous, dove-like, lamb-like, pure, harmless as doves, innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn, more sinned against than sinning, virtuous, unreproved, unimpeached, unreproached, innocently, with clean hands, with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience, murus aeneus conscientia sana.