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eclog

eclog is the alternative spelling of eclogue.

Meaning of eclogue

Noun

eclogue (plural eclogues)

  1. A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
    • The voice of congratulation and flattery was not, however, silent; and we may still peruse, with pleasure and contempt, an eclogue, which was composed on the accession of the emperor Carus. Two shepherds, avoiding the noontide heat, retire into the cave of Faunus.1776, Edward Gibbon, chapter XII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC

Forms of eclog

pluraleclogs

Questions about eclog

What is eclog the alternative spelling of?
Eclog is the alternative spelling of eclogue.

Words near eclog in the dictionary

  1. ecliptic planes
  2. ecliptical
  3. ecliptick
  4. eclipticks
  5. ecliptics
  6. eclog
  7. eclogite
  8. eclogites
  9. eclogitic
  10. eclogitisation
  11. eclogitization

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