(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)
an old lumber town whose economic telos ended the day Chicago discovered steel
an old lumber town whose economic telos ended the day Chicago discovered steel
(adjective) of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen; pastoral / (adjective) relating to or typical of rural life / (adjective) idyllic
If the children are to return, it will not be to rebuild the state's moribund cities but to retreat into its bucolic peripheries.
If the children are to return, it will not be to rebuild the state's moribund cities but to retreat into its bucolic peripheries.