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idyll
narrative poem; carefree experience: Their affair was simply a romantic idyll.
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i·dyll
also i·dyl (īd′l)n.
1.
a. A short poem or prose piece depicting a rural or pastoral scene, usually in idealized terms.
b. A narrative poem treating an epic or romantic theme.
2. A scene or event of a simple and tranquil nature.
3.
a. A carefree episode or experience: a summer idyll on the coast of France.
b. A romantic interlude.
[Latin īdyllium, from Greek eidullion, diminutive of eidos, form, figure; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
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idyll
(ˈɪdɪl) oridyl
n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a poem or prose work describing an idealized rural life, pastoral scenes, etc
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) any simple narrative or descriptive piece in poetry or prose
3. a charming or picturesque scene or event
4. (Classical Music) a piece of music with a calm or pastoral character
[C17: from Latin īdyllium, from Greek eidullion, from eidos shape, (literary) form]
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i•dyll
or i•dyl
(ˈaɪd l)n.
1. a poem or prose composition describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode or picturesque scene.
2. material suitable for such a work.
3. a long narrative poem on a major theme: Tennyson's Idylls of the King.
4. an episode or scene of idyllic charm.
5. a brief romantic affair.
[1595–1605; < Latin īdyllium < Greek eidýllion short pastoral poem]
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| Noun | 1. | idyll - an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll episode - a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events |
| 2. |  idyll - a musical composition that evokes rural lifemusical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | |
| 3. | idyll - a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life pastoral - a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) |
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idyll
noun heaven, ideal, paradise, Eden, Utopia, perfect place, Garden of Eden, Shangri-la, Happy Valley, seventh heaven, Erewhon This town was not the rural idyll she had imagined.
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