eclogue

2 definitions found

eclogue - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Eclogue \Ec"logue\, n. [L. ecloga, Gr. ? a selection, choice
     extracts, fr. ? to pick out, choose out; 'ek out + ? to
     gather, choose: cf. F. ['e]gloque, ['e]cloque. See Ex-, and
     Legend.]
     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.

eclogue - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  eclogue
      n 1: a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life [syn:
           eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl]