idyllic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK): IPA(key): /ɪˈdɪlɪk/
- (US): IPA(key): /aɪˈdɪlɪk/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪlɪk
Adjective[edit]
idyllic (comparative more idyllic, superlative most idyllic)
- Of or pertaining to idylls.
- Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
- 1896, H. G. Wells, “chapter 17”, in The Island of Dr. Moreau:
- My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.
- 1922, John Buchan, “chapter II”, in Huntingtower:
- The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to idylls
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happy, peaceful, picturescue
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Noun[edit]
idyllic (plural idyllics)
- An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
- 1922, John Buchan, chapter V, in Huntingtower:
- He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.
References[edit]
- “idyllic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “idyllic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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