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1. (Also,) elegiac
used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy.
2. elegiac
expressing sorrow; mournful.
3. elegiac
(in classical prosody) noting a distich, the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and the second a pentameter.
4. (n.) elegiac
an elegiac verse.
5. elegiac
poetry in such verses.
Etymology: (1575–85; (< MF) < L < Gk)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) elegiac
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
"an elegiac poem on a friend's death"
2. (adj) elegiac
expressing sorrow often for something past
"an elegiac lament for youthful ideals"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) elegiac
belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains
2. (adj) elegiac
used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter
3. (noun) elegiac
elegiac verse
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