idyll
noun /ˈɪdɪl/
/ˈaɪdl/
- (literary) a happy and peaceful place, event or experience, especially one connected with the countrysideTopics Feelingsc2
- (specialist) a short poem or other piece of writing that describes a peaceful and happy scene
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the Latin form): from Latin idyllium, from Greek eidullion, diminutive of eidos ‘form, picture’.