1. plural of idyl: short poems or prose pieces describing peaceful rural or pastoral scenes
Usage: literary
2. plural of idyl: simple, carefree episodes or experiences, especially romantic ones

Examples

• The poet’s collection featured several idyls about shepherds and meadows.
• Tennyson’s Idylls of the King retold Arthurian legends in verse.
• Their summer romance was one of those brief idyls that fade with autumn.
• The anthology included pastoral idyls from various 19th-century writers.
• She remembered the idyls of her childhood spent at her grandmother’s farm.
• The magazine published short idyls celebrating country life.