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idyll
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English
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Etymology
From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).
Pronunciation
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.
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Translations
poem or short written piece
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carefree or lighthearted experience
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See also
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.
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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
- idylldiktning
- idylliker
- idyllisera
- idyllisering
- idyllisk
- sörgårdsidyll
- villaidyll
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)
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