different between ennealogy vs polylogy

English

Noun

ennealogy (plural ennealogies)

1. (rare) A set of nine works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as nine individual works.
   • 1992, Andrew Lawrence Markus (English quoter), August Pfizmaier (German author), “Über den Text eines japanischen Drama’s” (1870), page 115, quoted in The Willow in Autumn: Ry?tei Tanehiko, 1783-1842, Harvard University Asia Center, ?ISBN, page 76:

     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.

   • 2009, Roger Cooke, “Review of Naming Infinity”, page 11:

     […] George Passant, the protagonist of C.P. Snow’s second novel in the Strangers and Brothers ennealogy […]

   • 2011, Ralph Raab, The Tamerlane Trap, iUniverse, page 1

     Of course, nobody in their right mind would want to commit to an octalogy, ennealogy, or decalogy—or even more!— unless you were a fan of, say, Lemony Snicket

Related terms

• dilogy (2)
• trilogy (3)
• tetralogy (4)
• pentalogy (5)
• hexalogy (6)
• heptalogy (7)
• octalogy (8)
• decalogy (10)
• polylogy (2+)

Translations

English

Etymology

poly- +? -logy

Noun

polylogy (usually uncountable, plural polylogies)

1. (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.

2. (rare) Talkativeness.

Related terms

• dilogy (2)
• trilogy (3)
• tetralogy (4)
• pentalogy (5)
• hexalogy (6)
• heptalogy (7)
• octalogy (8)
• ennealogy (9)
• decalogy (10)

References

• polylogy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.