polylogy
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
polylogy (usually uncountable, plural polylogies)
- (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 [1]
- These works […] appear, upon closer scrutiny, to be dramatic, and are actually the seventh and eighth parts of an "ennealogy" (as it were), perhaps polylogy, for dramas in Japan frequently are protracted to such lengths.
- 1871 August Pfizmaier [1]
- (rare) Talkativeness.
Related terms edit
- duology (2)
- trilogy (3)
- tetralogy (4)
- pentalogy (5)
- hexalogy (6)
- heptalogy (7)
- octalogy (8)
- ennealogy (9)
- decalogy (10)
References edit
- “polylogy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.