idyll

The definition of an idyll is a short story or poem about simple or rural life.

(noun)

An example of an idyll is Hermann and Dorothea by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

See idyll in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a short poem or prose work describing a simple, peaceful scene of rural or pastoral life
a scene or incident suitable for such a work
a narrative poem somewhat like a short epic: Tennyson's “Idylls of the King”
Music a simple, pastoral composition

Origin: L idyllium < Gr eidyllion, dim. of eidos, a form, figure, image: see -oid

See idyll in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also i·dyl

noun

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.
A scene or event of a simple and tranquil nature.
a. A carefree episode or experience: a summer idyll on the coast of France.
b. A romantic interlude.

Origin:

Origin: Latin īdyllium

Origin: , from Greek eidullion

Origin: , diminutive of eidos, form, figure; see weid- in Indo-European roots

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