different between idyllic vs idyll

English

Etymology

idyll +? -ic

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /??d?l?k/
• (US): IPA^(key): /a??d?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k

Adjective

idyllic (comparative more idyllic, superlative most idyllic)

1. Of or pertaining to idylls.
2. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
   • 1896 — H. G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau, ch 17

     My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.

   • 1922 — John Buchan, Huntingtower, ch II

     The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.

Derived terms

• idyllically
• idyllical
• unidyllic

Translations

Noun

idyllic (plural idyllics)

1. An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
   • 1922 — John Buchan, Huntingtower, ch V

     He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.

References

• idyllic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• idyllic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Alternative forms

• idyl

Etymology

From Latin ?dyllium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (eidúllion), from diminutive of ????? (eîdos, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /??d?l/, /??d?l/
• Rhymes: -?d?l, -?d?l
• (US): enPR: ??d?l, IPA^(key): /?a?d?l/, /?a?d?l/
• Rhymes: -a?d?l
• Homophones: idle, idol (US)

Noun

idyll (plural idylls)

1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
3. (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Related terms

• idyllic
• idyllical
• idyllically
• idyllist, idylist

Translations

See also

• idyll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• idyll in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• idyll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Dilly, dilly

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with Danish idyl, English idyll and German idyll, used since 1781.

Noun

idyll c

1. an idyll (a poem)
2. a place free of distress

Declension

Related terms

• idylldiktning
• idylliker
• idyllisera
• idyllisering
• idyllisk
• sörgårdsidyll

References

• idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• idyll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)