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idyll definition

idyll or idyl i′dyl (īd′'l; Brit id′'l)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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