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georgic

noun, adjective

georgic is spelled G-E-O-R-G-I-C: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, georgic means “A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of georgic is georgics.

How many letters and syllables are in georgic?

Letters7: G-E-O-R-G-I-C
In writingabout once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is georgic?

Georgic appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of georgic

  • georgics plural
  • georgick
  • more georgic comparative
  • most georgic superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does georgic mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Relating to rural affairs.

    georgic life

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does georgic come from?

From Latin georgicum, georgicus, from Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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