Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecologue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eco-logue
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Misspelling of eclogue (“pastoral poem”)

Example Sentences

"This composition, designated by Debussy as a "prelude symphonique," is based on an ecologue of Stephen Mallarme, and in keeping with the very nature of the composition Louis Laloy has given the following fanciful analysis: […]"
"[…]the Ecologue as modelled upon Vergilian sources, namely the first Ecologue and the account of the plague in Book 3 of the Georgics."
"His early 'Ecologue for Christmas' (1933) , for instance, is indeed an ecologue (a classical form, as one might expect from a writer who taught classical literature for many years)"

Etymology

From misinterpreting or reanalysing eclogue as eco- (“to do with nature”) + -logue (“speech”) – an eclogue typically takes the form of a monologue or dialogue about nature and country life.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: eco-
Suffix: -logue

Inflected Forms

ecologues (plural)

Questions

What does ecologue mean?: Misspelling of eclogue (“pastoral poem”)
Where does ecologue come from?: From misinterpreting or reanalysing eclogue as eco- (“to do with nature”) + -logue (“speech”) – an eclogue typically takes the form of a monologue or dialogue about nature and country life.

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