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myriologue

myriologue noun: in Greece, a funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend.

Noun

myriologue (plural myriologues)

  1. (dated) In Greece, a funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend.

Forms of myriologue

pluralmyriologues

Origin of myriologue

Borrowed from French myriologue, from Greek μοιρολόγι (moirológi), from μοίρα (moíra, “fate”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”).

Questions about myriologue

What does myriologue mean?
Myriologue means in Greece, a funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend.
What part of speech is myriologue?
Myriologue is a noun.
What is the plural of myriologue?
The plural of myriologue is myriologues.

Words near myriologue in the dictionary

  1. myrio-
  2. myriocin
  3. myriologies
  4. myriologist
  5. myriologists
  6. myriologue
  7. myriologues
  8. myriology
  9. myriopod
  10. myriopods
  11. myriorama

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