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i·dyll

also i·dyl  (īd′l)
n.
1.
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.
2. A scene or event of a simple and tranquil nature.
3.
a. A carefree episode or experience: a summer idyll on the coast of France.
b. A romantic interlude.
[Latin īdyllium, from Greek eidullion, diminutive of eidos, form, figure; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.idyl - a musical composition that evokes rural lifeidyl - a musical composition that evokes rural life
pastoral, pastorale, idyll
musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
2.idyl - a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
eclogue, bucolic, idyll
pastoral - a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
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Their life in its own way was an idyl, and it managed to achieve a singular beauty.
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May I relate the idyl of your tragic passion, dear Dubois, as an object lesson?"
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He made a delicate idyl of it: the sunshine and the sea gave it passion and magic, and the stars added poetry, and the old vicarage garden was a fit and exquisite setting.
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The pairing of the birds is an idyl, not tedious as our idyls are; a tempest is a rough ode, without falsehood or rant; a summer, with its harvest sown, reaped, and stored, is an epic song, subordinating how many admirably executed parts.
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(55.) "A Buddhist Idyl," The Jewish Messenger, September 17, 1879, 1.
Breaking Down the Barriers: The Encounter between Judaism and Buddhism in the Late Nineteenth Century
Be of good comforte and thynke not so, Put out of herte bat idyl thought.
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171); chapter 5 itself travels across the pond to consider three American verse novels explicitly influenced by EBB's example: Josiah Holland's Kathrina: Her Life and Mine, in a Poem (1867), Lucy Larcom's An Idyl of Work (1875), and Epes Sargent's The Woman Who Dared (1870).
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Hunt described the colonial settlement in its early days as an "idyl simple and pure nomadic pastoral" existence, which incorporated "Indian traits [in its] national prosaic life."
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I recently had occasion to look through John Greenleaf Whittier's 1866 poem, "Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl," which was inspired by a days-long snowstorm hitting New England.
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They've sold their company Idyl Hands and the game Cat Factory and now have a new US Boss Casey (Mary McCormack).
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In the opening episode, friends Josh, Leon, Watto and Ewan are taking in the brilliant, slightly terrifying news that they've just sold their company Idyl Hands - and its hit creation, Cat Factory - for $300m.
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Idyl, a company based in the south of France grows tomatoes, melons, Mediterranean fruit, vegetables and fresh cut herbs.
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