DOUG'S WORD OF THE WEEK

arcadian / ahr-KAY-dee-uhn / adjective : Idyllically pastoral: simple, peaceful.
noun: One leading a simple rural life.

Notes & Etymology: From Arcadia, a region of ancient Greece whose residents were believed to have led quiet, unsophisticated lives of peace and happiness.

Usage: “Farms, fields, cottages, what [photographer Kevin G. Malella] calls 'the Arcadian view', are blended with industrial images -- mostly nuclear cooling towers -- to create new landscapes that plop the environmentally hazardous engine of contemporary society into our nostalgically folksy lap."
Bob Hicks; Questioning Art's Rules and Roles; The Oregonian (Portland); Aug 21, 2009.