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idyl
('/aI/d/@/l )

noun (n)

  • a musical composition that evokes rural life(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    bucolic, eclogue, idyll
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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