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idyll

Noun

Meaning

a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

a musical composition that evokes rural life

an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll

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For seven blissful years I had spent my time reading, writing and researching a book about introversion. But the publication date had arrived, the idyll was over and my metamorphosis was complete. I was now that impossibly oxymoronic creature: the Public Introvert. Susan Cain

As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head. Jane Asher

Hollywood is my domestic idyll. Rufus Sewell

A little heroism, but not taken to great heights; a little bit of veristic comedy, but brief; a lot of sentiment and romantic idyll: this is the recipe in which he finds happiness. Source: Internet

Anyone who entertained fantasies of in a rural idyll should watch for a reality check. Source: Internet

Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery – but their idyll is shattered when Astrid’s mother falls apart over a lover. Source: Internet

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