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ecologue

ecologue is the misspelling 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 ecologue

pluralecologues

Origin of ecologue

From misinterpreting or reanalysing eclogue as eco- (“to do with nature”) + -logue (“speech”) – an eclogue typically takes the form of a monologue or dialogue about nature and country life.

Questions about ecologue

What is ecologue the misspelling of?
Ecologue is the misspelling of eclogue.

Words near ecologue in the dictionary

  1. ecologism
  2. ecologist
  3. ecologists
  4. ecologization
  5. ecologizations
  6. ecologue
  7. ecology
  8. ecology block
  9. ecology blocks
  10. ecomanagement
  11. ecomania

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecologue (page history and authors); eclogue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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