idyllist

i·dyl·list

 (īd′l-ĭst)
n.
A writer of idylls.
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idyllist

(ˈɪdɪlɪst) or

idylist

n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a writer of idylls
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i•dyl•list

or i•dyl•ist

(ˈaɪd l ɪst)

n.
a writer of idylls.
[1790–1800]
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For Colonel Calverley is named after Charles Stuart Calverley, an idyllist and a parodist.
[T]he idyllist does not treat [his subjects] lyrically, following rather the rules of epic and dramatic composition" ("The Idyllists," Studies of the Greek Poets, 3rd ed.[London, 1893], 2:244-245).
(45) Also relevant to his career as an idyllist were his Verses and Translations (1862) and Translations into English and Latin (1866).
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