IDYLL Definition & Meaning

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idyll

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[ ahyd-l ]

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noun

a delightful, tranquil rural scene or episode, reminiscent of or suitable for pastoral art or literature:
A great many horror movies are set in a suburban idyll.
a short descriptive or narrative poem or prose work, depicting a pleasant, tranquil, idealized pastoral scene or event, or any charmingly simple episode in literature.
A long narrative poem on a major theme, but less elevated and formal in subject matter, language, and tone than an epic:
Tennyson's Idylls of the King is an elegaic retelling of Arthurian legend.
a brief or inconsequential romantic affair.
Music. a composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character.

idyll

/ ˈɪ��ɪ�� /

noun

a poem or prose work describing an idealized rural life, pastoral scenes, etc
any simple narrative or descriptive piece in poetry or prose
a charming or picturesque scene or event
a piece of music with a calm or pastoral character

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of idyll¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin ī��ܳ� from Greek �𾱻�ý��ǲ� “short pastoral poem,” equivalent to ��í��(�ǲ�) “form” + -yllion diminutive suffix

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of idyll¹

C17: from Latin ī��ܳ�, from Greek eidullion, from eidos shape, (literary) form

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The idyll was hemmed in by immaculate office buildings housing high-profile Hollywood and tech tenants including Amazon, Oracle and AMC Networks.

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But can their off-the-grid idyll survive the arrival of an “Outsider”?

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But the idyll has been disrupted this past week by thousands of earthquakes.

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But this idyll is under threat as the seawater levels continue to rise.

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Full of snappy and snappish dialogue, the book imagines a carnival-esque week’s idyll in the “shantytown of millionaires” that was 1950s Malibu.

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