Idyll
Definition
Noun
1. A peaceful or picturesque scene or period.
2. Descriptive poetry or prose dealing with rustic life or pastoral scenes or provides a mood of peace and contentment (as in Tennyson’s Idyll’s of the King).
The goddess realized that her romance with the mortal was but a brief idyll, short-lived but long remembered..
Word Origin
From Greek eidullion (short poem).
The earliest known use of the word idyll is in a translation by Philemon Holland, in 1601.
Synonyms
perfect time, moment of bliss, honeymoon, paradise, pastoral
Antonyms
hell on earth
