idyll
noun/ˈɪdɪl/
/ˈaɪdl/
- (literary) a happy and peaceful place, event or experience, especially one connected with the countrysideTopics Feelingsc2
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- (specialist) a short poem or other piece of writing that describes a peaceful and happy scene
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the Latin form): from Latin idyllium, from Greek eidullion, diminutive of eidos ‘form, picture’.
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