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trialogue|ˈtraɪəlɒg| [Erroneous formation on supposed analogy of dialogue, the first syllable of this being mistaken for the prefix di-2 = two. Cf. med.L. trialogus (Wyclif).] A dialogue or colloquy between three persons.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 431/2 As though it wer a dyalogue, or rather a tryalogue betwene himself, the messenger and me. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 21 Trialogue between Tho. Bilney, Hugh Latimer, and W. Repps. 1721D'Urfey Two Queens Brentford v. i, This Epilogue..is a Trialogue, and to be perform'd between Sol, Rain, and Boreas. 1900G. W. E. Russell Conf. Bks. & Men 150 A trialogue, called ‘A contention between a wife, a widow, and a maid’. |