Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

idyllic

/aɪˈdɪlɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: idyl-lic
IPA: /aɪˈdɪlɪk/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to idylls.

adj

Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

noun

An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)

Example Sentences

"My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory."
"The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start."
"I think I learned more from my family than they did from me in the brief idyllic time we spent together. None of them much more than a mile from home, they carried the aura of a close-knit community as a shield against against the unknown."
"He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called."

Etymology

Etymology tree English idyll Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English idyllic From idyll + -ic.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /aɪˈdɪlɪk/
British English: /ɪˈdɪlɪk/

Inflected Forms

more idyllic (comparative) most idyllic (superlative) idyllics (plural)

Derived Forms

idyllical idyllically nonidyllic unidyllic

Synonyms

sylvan

Rhymes With

acrylic cyrillic carboxylic hydrophilic eosinophilic gillick pedophilic billick basophilic bilyk amphophilic jilek

Questions

How do you pronounce idyllic?: The recorded pronunciation is /aɪˈdɪlɪk/.
What does idyllic mean?: Of or pertaining to idylls.
Where does idyllic come from?: Etymology tree English idyll Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English idyllic From idyll + -ic.

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