IDYL

idyl. Idyl, n. a short pastoral poem, an eclogue

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I″dyl (?), n. [[L. idyllium, Gr. �, fr. � form; literally, a little form of image: cf. F. idylle. See Idol.]] 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. [Written also idyll.] Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. Mrs. Browning. His lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. F. Harrison.