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Etymology
From Middle English eclog, from Latin ecloga, from Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, “selection”).
Noun
eclogue (plural eclogues)
- A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. , volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 63:"Every body now is making what they call portraits of themselves and of their friends. Pastoral phrases are called into requisition; and under some name just stepped out of an eclogue, our dames and cavaliers flatter themselves and their friends, and are tant soit peu maligne."
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