Dictionary entry

Georgic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Geor″gic (–jĭk), n. [L. georgicum (sc. carmen), and georgica, pl., Gr. βίβλιον γεωργικόν, and τὰ 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.