polylogy

polylogy
a) A collection of two or more books, motion pictures, or electronic games in a series, as one single unit.

These works […] appear, upon closer scrutiny, to be dramatic, and are actually the the seventh and eighth parts of an ennealogy (as it were), perhaps polylogy, for dramas in Japan frequently are protracted to such lengths.

See Also: dilogy, trilogy, tetralogy, pentalogy, hexalogy, heptalogy, octalogy, ennealogy, decalogy

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  • Polylogy — Po*lyl o*gy, n. [Gr. ?; poly s much + ? discourse.] Talkativeness. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Diffuseness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Diffuseness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 diffuseness diffuseness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 amplification amplification &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 dilating dilating &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 verbosity verbosity verbiage …   English dictionary for students

  • octalogy — noun A collection of eight books in a series, as one single unit. The Shakespearean octalogy which begins with Richard II. and ends with Richard III. See Also: dilogy, trilogy, tetralogy, pentalogy, hexalogy, heptalogy, ennealogy, decalogy,… …   Wiktionary

  • trilogy — noun A collection of three books, motion pictures, or electronic games in one. A three part series. See Also: dilogy, tetralogy, pentalogy, hexalogy, heptalogy, octalogy, ennealogy, decalogy, polylogy …   Wiktionary

  • tetralogy — noun /tɛˈtrælədʒi/ a) A series of four related works of fiction. b) A combination of four symptoms. Syn: quadrilogy See Also: dilogy, trilogy, pentalogy …   Wiktionary

  • heptalogy — noun A collection of seven books in one. The Chornicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling. The Dark Tower by Stephen King See Also: dilogy, trilogy, tetralogy, pentalogy, hexalogy,… …   Wiktionary

  • decalogy — noun a series of ten volumes of films or books that follow each other or are related. See Also: dilogy, trilogy, tetralogy, pentalogy, hexalogy, heptalogy, octalogy, ennealogy, polylogy …   Wiktionary

  • hexalogy — noun A collection of six books, motion pictures, or electronic games in one. See Also: dilogy, trilogy, tetralogy, pentalogy, heptalogy, octalogy, ennealogy, decalogy, polylogy …   Wiktionary

  • polulogy — polulogy, polumath etc.: see polylogy, etc …   Useful english dictionary

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