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Definition: AMOEBAEUM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Amoebaeum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Amoebaeum \Am`[oe]*b[ae]"um\, noun. [Latin expression am[oe]baeus, Greek, alternate; Latin amoebaeum carmen, Greek responsive song, from change.]. (references)

Definition: AMOEBAEUM

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "AMOEBAEUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Amoebaeum \Am`[oe]*b[ae]"um\, noun. [Latin expression am[oe]baeus, Greek, alternate; Latin amoebaeum carmen, Greek responsive song, from change.]. (references)