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English
Pronunciation
UK: IPA|/ɪ�dɪlɪk/
US: IPA|/aɪ�dɪlɪk/
audio|en-us-idyllic.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪlɪk|-ɪlɪk
Adjective
en-adj
- Of or pertaining to idylls.
- Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
Quotations
1896 � w:H. G. Wells|H. G. Wells, s:The Island of Dr. Moreau|The Island of Dr. Moreau, ch 17
:My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.
1922 � w:John Buchan|John Buchan, s:Huntingtower|Huntingtower, ch II
:The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.
Translations
trans-top|of or pertaining to idylls
Portuguese: idÃlico
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|happy, peaceful, picturescue
Finnish: idyllinen
German: idyllisch
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Noun
en-noun
- An idyllic state or situation. italbrac|A substantive use of the adjective
Quotations
1922 � w:John Buchan|John Buchan, s:Huntingtower|Huntingtower, ch V
:He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.
Related terms
idyll, idyl
idyllical
idyllically
References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913
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