idyll

Meaning

1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's 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. A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

Synonyms

idyl

eclogue

bucolic

pastoral

pastorale

verse

poem

epic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪd.ɪl/

Etymology

From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).