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a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.
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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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Eclogue
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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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