Idyll
noun
An experience or situation that is extremely peaceful and beautiful, often related to country life.
Their summer vacation in the countryside was a genuine idyll.
Often appears as...
- rural idyll
- pastoral idyll
noun
A short description in verse or prose of a picturesque scene or incident, especially in rustic life.
The poem presents a classic idyll of rural life in the 18th century.
Often appears as...
- literary idyll
- pastoral idyll
Usage tips
Literary
noun
An experience or situation that is extremely peaceful and beautiful, often related to country life.
Their summer vacation in the countryside was a genuine idyll.
Often appears as...
- rural idyll
- pastoral idyll
noun
A short description in verse or prose of a picturesque scene or incident, especially in rustic life.
The poem presents a classic idyll of rural life in the 18th century.
Often appears as...
- literary idyll
- pastoral idyll
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Peaceful Scenery
Use 'idyll' when describing scenarios that evoke tranquility and natural beauty.
The quiet beach at dawn was simply an idyll.
Pro Tip 2/3Idealization
'Idyll' often conveys a sense of ideal or perfect happiness, almost unreal.
Their life on the island seemed like an idyll away from the world's chaos.
Pro Tip 3/3Rustic Connection
The term 'idyll' is frequently connected with rural or country settings, rather than urban ones.
They enjoyed their own little idyll at the farmhouse.
Pro Tip 1/3Peaceful Scenery
Use 'idyll' when describing scenarios that evoke tranquility and natural beauty.
The quiet beach at dawn was simply an idyll.
Pro Tip 2/3Idealization
'Idyll' often conveys a sense of ideal or perfect happiness, almost unreal.
Their life on the island seemed like an idyll away from the world's chaos.
Pro Tip 3/3Rustic Connection
The term 'idyll' is frequently connected with rural or country settings, rather than urban ones.
They enjoyed their own little idyll at the farmhouse.
Pro Tip 1/3Peaceful Scenery
Use 'idyll' when describing scenarios that evoke tranquility and natural beauty.
The quiet beach at dawn was simply an idyll.
Pro Tip 2/3Idealization
'Idyll' often conveys a sense of ideal or perfect happiness, almost unreal.
Their life on the island seemed like an idyll away from the world's chaos.
Pro Tip 3/3Rustic Connection
The term 'idyll' is frequently connected with rural or country settings, rather than urban ones.
They enjoyed their own little idyll at the farmhouse.
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Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.
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Derek Walcott
Poet
The Caribbean is not an idyll, not to its natives. They draw their working strength from it organically, like trees, like the sea almond or the spice laurel of the heights.
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Jane Asher
British Actress
As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head.
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Alice Oswald
British Poet
There's a whole range of words that people use about landscape. Pastoral? Idyll? I can't stand them.
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Rufus Sewell
English Actor
Hollywood is my domestic idyll.
Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.
Quote examples
Derek Walcott
Poet
The Caribbean is not an idyll, not to its natives. They draw their working strength from it organically, like trees, like the sea almond or the spice laurel of the heights.
Quote examples
Jane Asher
British Actress
As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head.
Quote examples
Alice Oswald
British Poet
There's a whole range of words that people use about landscape. Pastoral? Idyll? I can't stand them.
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Rufus Sewell
English Actor
Hollywood is my domestic idyll.
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