idyll
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- noun
- /ˈaɪdəl/
- Literature
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idilio
- The artist painted a charming idyll of a quiet countryside, where children played by the stream and animals grazed peacefully.
- a pastoral idyll
Examples
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The pastoral idyll of the Dutch cruise up English rivers is troubled by the voyeurism and gallantry of de Ruyter.
Academic text (1996) -
The poem beautifully captures the essence of a peaceful idyll, where farmers labor in golden fields under a clear blue sky.
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How far this literary idyll will go is up to you.
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In all three films, this setting is a pastoral idyll associated with the values of home.
Academic text (1998) -
The narrative begins in the language of pastoral idyll.
Academic text (1996) -
That's not why the pastoral idyll collapsed.
Fiction book (1994) -
The vanished pastoral idyll of her narratives represents a perspective largely shared by Mangalsala women.
Academic text (2016) -
The painting is meant to suggest a "timeless" and "classic" idyll, which Van Gogh associated with rural life and labor on the land governed by the cycles of nature.
Academic text (1993) -
Identifying the essence of Swedishness with a pastoral idyll often implies nostalgia and a regressive attitude toward much that characterizes the modern world.
Academic text (1998) -
Just as painting had a longer history, so too did Sloan's vision of a carnivalesque crowd that was immersed in sensory, oftentimes erotic pleasure, thus offering up the possibility of a contemporary urban idyll, with painting at its heart.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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A short poem that expresses personal feelings in a songlike way
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A short piece of writing in ordinary sentences that reads like a poem
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A short poem in which speakers talk about country life
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A poem or song that shows calm country life
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A short poem that shows personal feelings, often like a song
A short poem about country life
A short medieval poem that tells a romantic story from legend
Antonyms
How Peaceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Idyll comes from the Greek word eidyllion, which means 'little picture' and is related to eidos 'form' and the English word idea. So an idyll is like a short picture in words, a small poem that shows peaceful country life.