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Myriologue

Myr′i-o-logue

,
Noun.
[F.
myriologue
,
myriologie
, NGr. [GREEK], [GREEK], fr. Gr.
Μοῖρα
the goddess of fate or death +
λόγοσ
speech, discourse.]
An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend.
[Modern Greece]

Definition 2024


myriologue

myriologue

English

Noun

myriologue (plural myriologues)

  1. An extemporaneous funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend in modern Greece.