idyl
/ˈaɪdəl/
noun
- A simple, peaceful, or happy scene or experience, often in the countryside.
- She dreamed of an idyl far from the noise of the city.
- The painting shows an idyl of shepherds resting under a tree.
- Their picnic by the lake was a perfect idyl of summer.
- A short poem or prose piece describing a peaceful or romantic rural scene.
- In literature class, we studied a classical idyl by Theocritus.
- Her latest book is an idyl set in a small mountain village.
- The poet wrote an idyl about a farmer's daily life.