idyllic
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
idyllic (comparative more idyllic, superlative most idyllic)
- Of or pertaining to idylls.
- Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
Quotations [edit]
- 1896 — H. G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau, ch 17
- My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.
- 1922 — John Buchan, Huntingtower, ch II
- The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.
Translations [edit]
happy, peaceful, picturescue
Noun [edit]
idyllic (plural idyllics)
- An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
- 1922 — John Buchan, Huntingtower, ch V
- He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.
- 1922 — John Buchan, Huntingtower, ch V
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- idyllic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- idyllic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
