duologue
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A conversation between two persons; dialogue.
Example Sentences
- "It was extraordinary to hear the third voice. The hour's ritual had only demanded a duologue against the horrible noise of the torture."
- "This duologue had, of course, left Wilbert Cream a bit out of it, just painted on the backdrop as you might say, and for some moments, knitting his brow, plucking at his moustache, shuffling the feet and allowing the limbs to twitch, he had been giving abundant evidence that in his opinion three was a crowd and that what the leafy glade needed to make it all that a leafy glade should be was a complete absence of Woosters [myself]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Italic *duō Latin duo English duo- English -logue English duologue From duo- + -logue.