dilogy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪləd͡ʒi/
Etymology
From Latin dilogia, from Ancient Greek διλογία (dilogía, “repetition”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Ambiguous or equivocal speech or discourse.
- (countable, uncountable) Repetition of a word or phrase.
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(countable, nonstandard) A series of two related works.
another school of thought, for which Purphoros is a mirage, a mere doublet of Purkaeus, and there were never more than two linked Prometheus plays -- as it were a dilogy
1983, Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram, Studies in Aeschylus, page 189:Most notable of these are his “dilogy” The Salamander (1841) and The Cosmorama (1839)
2012, A New Companion to the Gothic, David Punter, page 71:why tragedy took the form of a trilogy — not a dilogy, tetralogy, or single drama
1885, The Journal of Hellenic studies: Volume 6, page 167:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dilogies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
monology (Ambiguous or equivocal speech or discourse.) · ennealogy · hexalogy · octalogy · tetralogy · decalogy · pentalogy · polylogy (2+) · heptalogy · trilogy (A series of two related works.)
Synonyms
duology (two related works)
Translations (4)
es bilogía (A set of two works of art that are connected) · pt bilogia (A set of two works of art that are connected) · fr dilogie (A set of two works of art that are connected) · gl biloxía (A set of two works of art that are connected)