idyllianadj.
/ʌɪˈdɪlɪən/ rare.
= idyllic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > aesthetic quality or good taste > [adjective] > pleasing to the aesthetic sense > specific
grand1668
idyllian1716
picturesque1756
idyllic1856
idyllical1885
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [adjective] > idyllic
idyllian1716
idyllic1861
idyllical1885
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 150 Of all the Poetick Salts, the Epick is most Pure..the Eclogist and Idilian the most Country-wise and Native.
1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxvi. 416 A pleasing idyllian episode in a life divided between the senate and the camp.
1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. i. 15 The country is of idyllian beauty.
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