eclogue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
    bucolic; idyll; idyl.

WordNet

Ec"logue noun
Etymology
L. ecloga, Gr. a selection, choice extracts, fr. to pick out, choose out; out + to gather, choose: cf. F. égloque, écloque. See Ex-, and Legend.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913