idyllic

idyll +‎ -ic

• (UK): IPA^(key): /ɪˈdɪlɪk/
• (US): IPA^(key): /aɪˈdɪlɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlɪk

idyllic (comparative more idyllic, superlative most idyllic)

Leighton, Frederic - Idyll - c. 1880-81

1. Of or pertaining to idylls.
2. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
   • 1896, H. G. Wells, “chapter 17”, in The Island of Dr. Moreau:

     My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.

   • 1922, John Buchan, “chapter II”, in Huntingtower:

     The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.

• idyllically
• idyllical
• unidyllic

idyllic (plural idyllics)

1. An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
   • 1922 — John Buchan, Huntingtower, ch V

     He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.

• idyllic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• idyllic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913