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Idyll vs Pristineness - What's the difference?

idyll | pristineness |

As nouns the difference between idyll and pristineness

is that idyll is any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls while pristineness is the state or condition of being pristine.

idyll

English

Alternative forms

* idyl

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of .
  • An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
  • (music) A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. .

    • Related terms

    * idyllic * idyllical * idyllically * idyllist, idylist

    See also

    * ("idyll" on Wikipedia)

    References

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    pristineness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being pristine.
  • * 2011 , Nicholas Johnson, Big Dead Place (page 78)
    • The resilience of mankind in Antarctica is inexorable; even the constant bleating of those who whine for permanent silence and infinite pristineness dissipates into an insignificant Buddhist drone beneath the soothing rumble of fleets of machines with pulsing hydraulics.