ECLOGUE
Dictionary entry overview: What does eclogue mean? • ECLOGUE (noun)
The noun ECLOGUE has 1 sense:
1. a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life
Familiarity information: ECLOGUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ECLOGUE (noun)
Meaning:
A short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
eclogue; bucolic; idyll
Hypernyms ("eclogue" is a kind of...):
pastoral (a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds))
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