This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
arcadian
Pronounced: (are-CADE-ee-ann)
Adjective:
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
From A Word A Day: ”After Arcadia, a region of ancient Greece whose residents were believed to have led quiet, unsophisticated lives of peace and happiness.”
Example:
“His estate included twenty arcadian acres with a horse farm and well-stocked lake.”