different between octalogy vs polylogy

English

Alternative forms

• octology

Etymology

Formed in imitation of trilogy, with prefix octa-.

Noun

octalogy (plural not attested)

1. (rare) A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
   • 1886 [1]

     The Shakespearean octalogy which begins with Richard II. and ends with Richard III.

Related terms

• dilogy (2)
• trilogy (3)
• tetralogy (4)
• pentalogy (5)
• hexalogy (6)
• heptalogy (7)
• ennealogy (9)
• 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.