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Definition of Idyllic
1. Adjective. Excellent and delightful in all respects. "An idyllic spot for a picnic"
2. Adjective. Suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene. "His idyllic life in Tahiti"
Definition of Idyllic
1. a. Of or belonging to idyls.
Definition of Idyllic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to idylls. ¹
2. Adjective. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque. ¹
3. Noun. An idyllic state or situation. (qualifier A substantive use of the adjective) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Idyllic
1. idyll [adj] - See also: idyll
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idyllic
Literary usage of Idyllic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"idyllic SWITZERLAND. SWITZERLAND looks but a small country on the map. But if it
could be rolled out, and its vertical as well as horizontal acreage fairly ..."
2. The Study of Modern Painting by Margaret Steele Anderson (1914)
"CHAPTER III THE idyllic DECORATIVE Reasons for the Decorative Tendency. ...
The Supposed Classic, Illustrated by de Ch«- vannes; c. The New idyllic. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"He has a good grasp of the Scottish idiom ; his estimate of character is penetrating,
and his idyllic sense is pure. Burns is doubtless responsible for much ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"It is limited in range, reaching its admirable successes almost always in the
idyllic style. His conception of the scene is transparently accurate; ..."
5. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by Charles Mills Gayley, Clement Calhoun Young, Benjamin Putnam Kurtz, George Saintsbury, Archibald Geikie, Solomon Francis Gingerich, Francis Turner Palgrave (1897)
"CHAPTER III LANDSCAPE IN GREEK LYRICAL, idyllic, AND EPIGRAMMATIC POETRY LYRICAL
poetry, whether in its first natural use as the expression of personal ..."
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