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[syn: eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl]
The 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.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eclogue
n 1: a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life [syn:
eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl]