Look up: Idyl

1. Idyl
   I'dyl noun [ Latin idyllium , Greek ..., from ... form; literally, a little form of image: confer French idylle . See Idol .] A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especial...
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2. idyl
   noun a short pastoral poem
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3. Idyl
   • (n.) 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, ...
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4. idyl
   idyl, idyll A short poem, descriptive of some picturesque scene or incident, chiefly in rustic life.
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5. idyl
   idyl (ī'dul) , short poem. The ancient idyls, especially those of Bion and Moschus, were intended as little selections in the style of such longer poems as elegies or epics. There are 10 famous idyls by the Greek Theocritus, and, since some of them dealt with pastoral or rural scenes, the ...
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6. Idyl
   An idyl (from the Greek eidyllion, or a 'little image') is the name originally and still most usually applied to a short and highly finished descriptive poem, especially if it treats of pastoral subjects, though this last circumstance is not an essential character of the idyl. All that is necessary ...
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