Usually means: Idealized, rustic life in poetry.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word idyl:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. idyl: Merriam-Webster
  2. idyl: Collins English Dictionary
  3. idyl: Vocabulary.com
  4. Idyl, idyl: Wordnik
  5. idyl: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. idyl: Wiktionary
  7. Idyl, idyl: Dictionary.com
  8. Idyl (disambiguation), Idyl (musician), Idyl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Idyl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. idyl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Idyl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. idyl: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. idyl: FreeDictionary.org
  14. idyl: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Idyl: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. idyl: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Idyl)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of idyll [Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.]

Similar:
idyll, Edenic, bucolic, idyllic, Arcadian, paradisal, prosy, rustic, georgic, revery, more...

Opposite:
dystopia, nightmare, apocalypse

Types:
pastoral, rural, serene, idyllic, picturesque, more...

Adjectives:
charming, little, beautiful, pastoral, first, exquisite, perfect, improbable, sweet, true, lovely

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Similar:
idyll, Edenic, bucolic, idyllic, Arcadian, paradisal, prosy, rustic, georgic, revery, more...

Opposite:
dystopia, nightmare, apocalypse

Types:
pastoral, rural, serene, idyllic, picturesque, more...

Adjectives:
charming, little, beautiful, pastoral, first, exquisite, perfect, improbable, sweet, true, lovely



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