Idyll
/ˈaɪ.dɪl/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
- 2 a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life wordnet
- 3 An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
- 4 a musical composition that evokes rural life wordnet
- 5 A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.
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- 6 an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll wordnet
Etymology
From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).