[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
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