lɔg, -lɒg noun
a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English eclog < Latin ecloga < Greek eklogḗ selection, akin to eklégein to select; see ec-
1400–50; late Middle English eclog < Latin ecloga < Greek eklogḗ selection, akin to eklégein to select; see ec-
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| —n | |
| a pastoral or idyllic poem, usually in the form of a conversation or soliloquy | |
| [C15: from Latin ecloga short poem, collection of extracts, from Greek eklogē selection, from eklegein to select; see | |
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eclogue
"short poem," especially a pastoral dialogue, 1510s, from L. ecloga, from Gk. ekloge "selection," from eklegein "to select" (see eclectic).
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