idyllic
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
idyllic
- Of or pertaining to idylls.
- Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
- 1896 — H. G. Wells, 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 — John Buchan, Huntingtower, ch II
- The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.
- 1896 — H. G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau, ch 17
- French: idyllique
- German: idyllisch
- Italian: idillico
- Portuguese: idílico
- Russian: идиллический
- Spanish: idílico
idyllic (plural idyllics)
- An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
- 1922 — John Buchan, Huntingtower, ch V
- He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.
- 1922 — John Buchan, Huntingtower, ch V
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