Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Characters in virgil...
Elegy
Dirge
Sonnet poems
Pastoral
Epic
The faerie queene
Ballad poems
Nearby Words
eclipse
eclipse period
eclipse plumage
eclipse-plumage
eclipsing bi na...
eclipsing bi-na...
eclipsing bin a...
eclipsing bin-a...
eclipsing binar...
eclipsing varia...
eclipsing varia...
eclipsing-binar...
eclipsing-varia...
eclipsis
ecliptic
ecliptic coordi...
ecliptic latitu...
ecliptic longit...
ecliptical
eclogite
eclogue
eclosion
ecm
ecma
ecma internatio...
ecmascript
ecmnesia
ecmo
eco
eco freak
eco nut
eco'logically
eco'typically
eco-
eco-friendly
eco-warfare
eco-warrior
ecobabble
ecocatastrophe
ecocentric
ecocidal
eclogue
[
ek
-lawg
,
-log
]
Origin
ec·logue
/
ˈɛk
lɔg
,
-lɒg
/
Show Spelled
[
ek
-lawg
,
-log
]
Show IPA
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-
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
eclogue
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Eclogue
is always a great word to know.
So is
callithumpian
. Does it mean:
So is
flibbertigibbet
. Does it mean:
So is
doohickey
. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
eclogue
(ˈɛklɒɡ)
—
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
eclectic
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
eclogue
"short poem," especially a pastoral dialogue, 1510s, from L. ecloga, from Gk. ekloge "selection," from eklegein "to select" (see
eclectic
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Eclogue
People who can define
Eclogue
may know
38,500
words, as many as a
10th grader.
How many words do you know?
Enjoy Dictionary.com ad-free! Learn more
Matching Quote
"What a cheerful rhyme! Clean not mean!
Been not seen! Not tired—expired!
We must now decide about place.
We decide that place is the big weeping face
And the other abstract lace of the race."
-Allen Tate
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT