idyll

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll
  2. noun a musical composition that evokes rural life
  3. noun a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

Etymology

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

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