To idolize after the manner of Egypt.
Fairbairn.
I"dol*i`zer (?), n. One who idolizes or loves to the point of
reverence; an idolater.
I*dol"o*clast (?), n. [Gr. &?; idol + &?; to break.] A breaker of
idols; an iconoclast.
I*dol`o*graph"ic*al (?), a. [Idol + -graph.] Descriptive of idols. [R.]
Southey.
I"dol*ous (?), a. Idolatrous. [Obs.] Bale.
I*do"ne*ous (?), a. [L. idoneus.] Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit;
adequate. [R.]
An ecclesiastical benefice . . . ought to be conferred on an
idoneous person.
Ayliffe.
Id*or"gan (?), n. [Gr. &?; form + E. organ.] (Biol.) A morphological
unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the
positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the
physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.
{ Id"ri*a*line (?), Id"ri*a*lite (?), } n. [Cf. F. idrialine.] (Min.) A
bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it
occurs mixed with cinnabar.
Id`u*me"an (?), a. Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in
Western Asia. -- n. An inhabitant of Idumea, an Edomite.
I"dyl (?), n. [L. idyllium, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; form; literally, a little
form of image: cf. F. idylle. See Idol.] A short poem; properly, a
short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem,
especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and
highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily
flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life,
of pastoral scenes, and the like. [Written also idyll.]
Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl.
Mrs. Browning.
His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home.
F. Harrison.
I*dyl"lic (?), a. Of or belonging to idyls.