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Idyll
idyll
(idylls) Note: in AM, also use 'idyl' If you describe a situation as an idyll, you mean that it is idyllic. She finds that the sleepy town she moves to isn’t the rural idyll she imagined... N-COUNT IDYLLIC If you describe something as idyllic, you mean that it is extremely pleasant, simple, and peaceful without any difficulties or dangers. ...an idyllic setting for a summer romance... ADJ
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also idyl noun Etymology: Latin ~ium, from Greek e~ion, from diminutive of eidos form; akin to Greek idein to see — more at wit Date: 1586 1. a. a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment b. a narrative poem (as Tennyson's Idylls of the King) treating an epic, romantic, or tragic theme 2. a. a lighthearted carefree episode that is a fit subject for an ~ b. a romantic interlude ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (also idyl) 1 a short description in verse or prose of a picturesque scene or incident, esp. in rustic life. 2 an episode suitable for such treatment, usu. a love-story. Derivatives idyllist n. idyllize v.tr. (also -ise). Etymology: L idyllium f. Gk eidullion, dimin. of eidos form ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n literary a place or experience in which everything is peaceful and everyone is perfectly happy (the rural idyll of peace and plenty) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1601, from L. idyllium, from Gk. eidyllion "short, descriptive poem of rustic or pastoral type," dim. of eidos "form." Idyllic is 1856 in Amer.Eng. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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