Idyl

['idil,'aidil]

Definition

(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, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like.

Typist: Ora

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Bucolic, eclogue, pastoral, pastoral poem.[2]. Short poem (highly wrought).

Edited by Craig

Definition

n. a short pictorial poem chiefly on pastoral subjects: a narrative poem.—n. Idyl′ist a writer of idyls.—adj. Idyll′ic of or belonging to idyls: pastoral.

Typist: Margery