idyllist
or i·dyl·ist
[ ahyd-l-ist ]
/ ˈaɪd l ɪst /
noun
a writer of idylls.
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Example sentences from the Web for idyllist
From an idyllist and elegist we find him suddenly transformed into an unsparing master of poetical satire.
But he was no idyllist, though he could be tender as Mme. Cottin herself.
The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia|Fyodor DostoyevskyRustic or town life, legends of the gods, and passages of personal experience supply the idyllist with subjects.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2)|John Addington Symonds
British Dictionary definitions for idyllist
idyllist
US idylist
/ (ˈɪdɪlɪst) /
noun
a writer of idylls
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