Idyll : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Idyll	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Idyll
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idyll n 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 Synonym(s): pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life Synonym(s): eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Idyl \I"dyl\, n. [L. idyllium, Gr. [?], fr. [?] form; literally, a little form of image: cf. F. idylle. See {Idol}.] A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like. [Written also {idyll}.] Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. --Mrs. Browning. His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. --F. Harrison.