idyll
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidullion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eidos, “form, shape”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK): IPA: /ˈɪdɪl/, /ˈɪdəl/, SAMPA: /"IdIl/, /"Id@l/
- Rhymes: -ɪdɪl, -ɪdəl
- (US): enPR: īʹdəl, IPA: /ˈaɪdɪl/, /ˈaɪdəl/, SAMPA: /"aId@l/
- Rhymes: -aɪdəl
[edit] Noun
idyll (plural idylls)
- Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
- An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
- (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.
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poem or short written piece
cerefree or lighthearted experience
composition
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- idyll in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- idyll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
