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 Definitions of eclogue  [ˈɛk lɔg, -lɒg]  

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Definition of 'eclogue' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) eclogue
a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME eclog < L ecloga < Gk eklogē selection, der. of eklégein to single out; see eclectic)

Definition of 'eclogue' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl
a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life


Definition of 'eclogue' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) eclogue
a pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established



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