Word: eclogue

Category: eclogue

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Synonyms: eclogue

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: eclogue

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french
Translations:
églogue
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russian
Translations:
эклога
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czech
Translations:
ekloga
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polish
Translations:
sielanka
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ukrainian
Translations:
еклога

The meaning and "use of": eclogue

noun
  • a short poem, especially a pastoral dialogue. - English pastoral was inaugurated by Spenser's verse eclogues in The Shepheardes Calendar and further developed in The Arcadia, a prose romance by Sidney.

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