Found 2 items, similar to idyll.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: idyll idyll n 1: an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll 2: a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn: pastorale, pastoral] 3: a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life [syn: eclogue, bucolic]
English → English (gcide) Definition: idyll Idyl \I"dyl\, n. [L. idyllium, Gr. ?, fr. ? form; literally, a little form of image: cf. F. idylle. See Idol.] 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, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like. [Written also idyll.] [1913 Webster] Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. --F. Harrison. [1913 Webster]