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Idyll

//ˈaɪ.dɪl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
  2. 2
    a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life wordnet
  3. 3
    An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
  4. 4
    a musical composition that evokes rural life wordnet
  5. 5
    A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.
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  1. 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”).

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