idyllic
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɪˈdɪlɪk/ / /aɪˈdɪlɪk/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English idyll Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English idyllic From idyll + -ic.
- Of or pertaining to idylls.
- Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
“My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.”
“The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English idyll Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English idyllic From idyll + -ic.
- An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
“He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.”