idyllist

or i·dyl·ist

[ ahyd-l-ist ]

noun

1. a writer of idylls.

idyllist

/ ˈɪdɪlɪst /

noun

1. a writer of idylls

Word History and Origins

Origin of idyllist¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; idyll + -ist

Example Sentences

But he was no idyllist, though he could be tender as Mme.

From Project Gutenberg

Florian imitated Salomon Gessner, the Swiss idyllist, and his style has all the artificial delicacy and sentimentality of the Gessnerian school.

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He was already a poet by predilection, an idyllist and steeped in the classical archaism of the time, when, in 1784, his taste for the antique was confirmed by a visit to Rome made in the company of two schoolfellows, the brothers Trudaine.

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From an idyllist and elegist we find him suddenly transformed into an unsparing master of poetical satire.

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The Alexandrian vignettes of the gentle Theocritus may be regarded as anticipations of the modern short-story of urban local color; but this delicate idyllist used verse for the talk of his Tanagra figurines.

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