idyll
Meanings
Plural: idylls
Noun
- an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
- a musical composition that evokes rural life
- a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
- 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.
- A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).
Scrabble Score: 9
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Words With Friends Score: 10
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