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idyll

UK/ˈɪd.ɪl/ US/ˈɪd.əl/ uncommon

noun

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an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll

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Origin

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

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