IDYLL
What does "IDYLL" mean?
A scene or period of peaceful, idealized simplicity and happiness.
Meanings
- An episode or interval of carefree, blissful contentment, often rural. Their summer on the lake was a brief idyll before real life resumed.
- A short poem or prose piece describing a picturesque rustic or pastoral scene. Theocritus wrote idylls about shepherds and the Sicilian countryside. technical
Did you know?
- An 'idyll' literally means 'a little picture' in Greek - 'eidyllion', the diminutive of 'eidos' (form), the same root behind 'idea' and 'idol'.
Word origin
From Greek 'eidyllion', a diminutive of 'eidos' (form, picture) - literally 'a little picture' - via Latin 'idyllium' into English.
Remember it
An IDYLL is an IDeal spell - small, lovely, and gone too soon, like the 'little picture' its Greek root names.
What it teaches
An idyll is defined by its edges; what makes it sweet is that it cannot be kept.
Quick facts
What does IDYLL mean?
A scene or period of peaceful, idealized simplicity and happiness.
Is IDYLL a valid word?
Yes — IDYLL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is IDYLL?
IDYLL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does IDYLL come from?
From Greek 'eidyllion', a diminutive of 'eidos' (form, picture) - literally 'a little picture' - via Latin 'idyllium' into English.
What can IDYLL teach us?
An idyll is defined by its edges; what makes it sweet is that it cannot be kept.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.