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单词 myriologue
释义

myriologuen.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French myriologue.
Etymology: < French myriologue (1824 in the source reviewed in quot. 1824) < modern Greek μυριολόγι , variant (after ancient Greek μυρίος countless: see myriad n.) of μοιρολόγι lament < medieval Greek μοιρολόγιον < ancient Greek μοῖρα fate (see moirologist n.) + Hellenistic Greek -λόγιον ( < ancient Greek λόγος speech (see Logos n.) + -ιον , diminutive suffix; compare -y suffix4); compare -logue comb. form. Compare myrology n. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mi·riˌŏlǫg) /ˈmɪrɪəlɒɡ/.
Obsolete.
Esp. in Greece or among Greek-speaking people: an extempore lament or funeral song, usually sung by a woman. Cf. myrology n.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation > dirge
elegy?1521
coronach1559
dirge1568
requiem1578
threne1593
threnos1601
death song1613
monody1623
threnody1634
throb1635
trental1648
lament1698
myriologue1824
keen1830
threnode1858
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > dirge or lament
threne?a1475
elegy?1521
dumpa1556
coronach1559
dirge1568
requiem1578
threnos1601
planctusa1612
death song1613
monody1623
threnody1634
trental1648
lament1698
myriologue1824
keen1830
planh1843
threnode1858
myrology1892
sorrow song1903
lamento1944
1824 New Monthly Mag. 11 141 The myriologues (or laments) which are uttered on these occasions have all the characters of inspiration.
1825 F. D. Hemans Forest Sanctuary 168 (title) Greek Funeral Chant, or Myriologue.
1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks I. v. 136 The myriologues or songs for the dead.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey xxviii. 229 The dirges, or myriologues, as they are called, are in some cases extempore effusions recited by women under the influence of violent emotion over the bier of some dead relation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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