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1. (n.) elegy
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a lament for the dead.
2. elegy
a poem written in elegiac meter.
3. elegy
a mournful musical composition.
Etymology: (1505–15; (< MF) < L elegīa < Gk elegeía, adj. der. of élegos a lament)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) elegy, lament
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) elegy
a mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. elegy
a song expressive of sustained earnest yearning, or mild sorrow after loss.
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Sense: a song or poem of mourning.
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 Afrikaans: treursang, treurdig |
 Arabic: قصيدَه رِثائِيّه |
 Bulgarian: елегия |
 Brazilian: elegia |
 Czech: elegie |
 German: die Elegie, das Klagelied |
 Danish: elegi; klagesang; sørgedi |
 Greek: ελεγεία |
 Spanish: elegía |
 Estonian: eleegia |
 Farsi: مرثیه؛ نوحه |
 Finnish: elegia |
 French: élégie |
 Hebrew: הֶספֵּד |
 Hindi: शोक-गीत |
 Croatian: elegija |
 Hungarian: elégia, gyászdal |
 Indonesian: lagu sedih |
 Icelandic: harmljóð, tregaljóð |
 Italian: elegia |
 Japanese: 哀歌 |
 Korean: 애가(哀歌) |
 Lithuanian: elegija |
 Latvian: elēģija |
 Malay: elegi |
 Dutch: elegie |
 Norwegian: klagesang, elegi |
 Polish: elegia |
 Persian: مرثیه؛ نوحه |
 Pashto: ويرنه، مر ثيه |
 Portuguese: elegia |
 Romanian: elegie |
 Russian: элегия |
 Slovak: elégia |
 Slovenian: žalostinka |
 Serbian: elegija |
 Swedish: elegi |
 Thai: บทกลอนแห่งความเสียใจ |
 Turkish: ağıt, mersiye |
 Taiwanese: 哀歌，輓歌 |
 Ukrainian: елегія |
 Urdu: حزنیہ گیت |
 Vietnamese: khúc bi ai |
 Chinese: 哀歌，挽歌 |
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