I know it's a latine word but i can not find the meaning of it
2006-12-20 09:18:11 · 8 answers · asked by left of center 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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An idyll or idyl (pronounced ['aɪdɪl]) (from Greek eidyllion, little picture) is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls. Later imitators included the Roman poets Virgil and Catullus, Italian poet Leopardi, and the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
An idyll can also be a kind of painting, usually representing a pastor and his animals in a rural setting. They are depicted in a natural way, with the three components - man, animal and the environment - in a harmonious unity, preventing the picture from being either a landscape, or a genre, or just an image of an animal. Nature in this combination is presented in an unsophisticated, realistic fashion.
The subjects of such pictures are usually simple people living in uncivilised conditions, featuring naïvety in their thinking and yet leading a happy and cheerful life. The style ignores the real misery associated with rural poverty. The approach to the presentation is not humorous, but emotional, sometimes sentimental.
2006-12-20 09:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by britbrok 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: idyll
Variant(s): also idyl /'I-d&l, Britain usually 'i-(")dil/
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin idyllium, from Greek eidyllion, from diminutive of eidos form; akin to Greek idein to see -- more at WIT
1 a : a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment b : a narrative poem (as Tennyson's Idylls of the King) treating an epic, romantic, or tragic theme
2 a : a lighthearted carefree episode that is a fit subject for an idyll b : a romantic interlude
2006-12-20 17:37:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it's Greek. It means the beginning of a love affair, a flirt. The best synonymous word would probably be the romance.
2006-12-20 17:22:11 · answer #3 · answered by damoclesword 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a scientist so I can help. It is from the ancient language ofJibber and means, "made up word on Saturday down the boozer"
2006-12-23 19:44:10 · answer #4 · answered by Knobby Knobville 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently it means little picture in greek.
2006-12-20 17:22:38 · answer #5 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It mean forgivable
2006-12-20 17:20:14 · answer #6 · answered by Drum master 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
little picture
2006-12-20 17:21:55 · answer #7 · answered by julie t 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
little picture i think
2006-12-20 17:23:53 · answer #8 · answered by micho 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋