triology

English

Etymology

By alteration (influence of trio).

Noun

triology (plural triologies)

1. A trilogy.
   • 1848, Frederic H[enry] Hedge, Prose Writers of Germany, Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey and Hart, page 433, column 2:

     Among the remaining pieces of Æschylus, we have what is highly deserving of our attention, a complete triology. The antiquarian account of triologies is this, that in the more early times the poet did not contend for the prize with a single piece, but with three, which however were not always connected together by their contents, and that a fourth satirical drama was also attached to them.

   • 1984 May 5, Keith Wilson, “Burgess raises Clockwork man from the dead”, in The Weekend Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page 44:

     Anthony Burgess’s Enderby triology is now a tetralogy, with a new volume “Composed to placate kind readers of The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby’s End, who objected to my casually killing my hero.”

   • 2015 December 10, The Speaking Eagle, edition XVII, Juan Diego Catholic High School, page 17:

     The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 concludes triology on a high note