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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: idyll n 1: an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll 2: a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn: {pastorale}, {pastoral}] 3: a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life [syn: {eclogue}, {bucolic}]
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