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Eclogue
Pronunciation : Ec"logue
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. ecloga, Gr. ?gloque, ?cloque. See Ex-, and Legend.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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