idyll

== English == === Alternative forms === idyl (US) === Etymology === From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”). === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: ĭdʹĭl, ĭdʹəl; IPA(key): /ˈɪd.ɪl/, /ˈɪd.əl/ Rhymes: -ɪdɪl, -ɪdəl (US) enPR: īʹdĭl, īʹdəl; IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.dɪl/, /ˈaɪ.dəl/ Rhymes: -aɪdɪl, -aɪdəl Homophones: idle, idol (US) === Noun === idyll (plural idylls) 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. (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== idyllic idyllical idyllically idyllist, idylist ==== Translations ==== === See also === idyll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “idyll”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “idyl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Dilly, dilly == Middle English == === Adjective === idyll alternative form of ydel (“empty”) === Noun === idyll alternative form of ydel (“idleness”) == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin idyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion). Cognate with Danish idyl, English idyll and German Idyll, used since 1781. Doublet of idé and idol. === Noun === idyll c an idyllic place or circumstance, an idyll artistic expression dealing with the above, an idyll ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === idyll in Svensk ordbok (SO) idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) idyll in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)