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Eclogue

(2 syl.). Pastoral poetry not expressed in rustic speech, but in the most refined and elegant of which the language is capable. (Greek, meaning “elegant extracts,” “select poetry.”)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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