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Webster 1913 Edition


Polylogy

Po-lyl′o-gy

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK];
πολύσ
much + [GREEK] discourse.]
Talkativeness.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Polylogy

POLYL'OGY

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Noun.
[Gr. many, and discourse.]
A talking much; talkativeness; garrulity. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


polylogy

polylogy

English

Noun

polylogy (usually uncountable, plural polylogies)

  1. (rare) A set of two or more works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
    • 1871 August Pfizmaier
      These works […] appear, upon closer scrutiny, to be dramatic, and are actually the the seventh and eighth parts of an ennealogy (as it were), perhaps polylogy, for dramas in Japan frequently are protracted to such lengths.
  2. (rare) talkativeness.

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References

  • polylogy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913