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idyll::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | idyl, pastoral, pastorale |
| Type of | opus, piece, piece of music, musical composition, composition |
idyll::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | episode |
| Derivation | idyllic |
Examples of idyll
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Wander Ursinus College and you'd think you had stepped into an Ivy League idyll.
From the washingtonpost.com
What I do elsewhere seems to be totally out of the question in this rural idyll.
From the guardian.co.uk
When their idyll was broken apart, Chap went into care, then on to the streets.
From the guardian.co.uk
The idyll collapsed in April 1996, when Wade, 16, died in a freak car accident.
From the time.com
But like most Rushdian paradises, this digital idyll has its own set of problems.
From the nytimes.com
The picture on her wall is an effort to recreate her countryside childhood idyll.
From the independent.co.uk
Something of a childhood idyll perhaps, but I feel it's rather different today.
From the guardian.co.uk
The arrival of a stranger shatters this fragile idyll with fatal consequences.
From the kingstonguardian.co.uk
The Diodati idyll went awry in August, when Claire revealed that she was pregnant.
From the post-gazette.com
- An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
- Pastorale: a musical composition that evokes rural life
- Eclogue: a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
- (Idylls (album)) Idylls is the debut album of Love Spirals Downwards, an Ethereal band on the US record label, Projekt. It was originally released in 1992; a remastered version, with extra tracks, was released in 2007.
- A composition in verse or prose presenting an idealized story of happy innocence. The Idylls of Theocritus (c. 250 BC), for example, is a work that describes the pastoral life of rustic Sicily. ...
- Either a pastoral poem about shepherds or an epyllion, a brief epic that depicts a heroic episode. An example of the second is Alfred lord Tennyson's "Idylls of the King."
- A lyric poem or passage tat describes a kind of ideal life or place.
- An idyll is either a short poem depicting a tranquil country scene, or a long poem telling a story about heroic deeds or extraordinary events of myth and legend.
- A short work of literature that describes a simple, pleasant aspect of rural and/or domestic life. The book of Ruth is an idyl.
