idyllist

American  

[ahyd-l-ist] / ˈaɪd l ɪst /

Or idylist

noun

1. a writer of idylls.

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idyllist British  

/ ˈɪdɪlɪst /

noun

1. a writer of idylls

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Etymology

Origin of idyllist

First recorded in 1790–1800; idyll + -ist

Example Sentences

He was the humorous and satirical idyllist par excellence, and laid the scenes of his romances in idyllic surroundings, using the trifling events of daily life to wonderful purpose.

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred

Had he written only "Hermann and Dorothea," the sweetest idyllist; if only the "Märchen," the subtlest of allegorists.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam by Lord, John

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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

From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various