idyll
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɪd.ɪl/
(UK)
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/ˈɪd.ɪl/ (UK) · /ˈɪd.əl/ (UK) · /ˈaɪ.dɪl/ (US) · /ˈaɪ.dəl/ (US)
Definition of idyll
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
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noun
- 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.
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Etymology
From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).
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