dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody
(noun) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dirge (plural dirges)
A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
(informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
• lament, requiem, coronach, threnody, elegy
dirge (third-person singular simple present dirges, present participle dirging, simple past and past participle dirged)
To sing dirges
• Ridge, derig, gride, redig, ridge
Source: Wiktionary
Dirge, n. Etym: [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou (imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn (Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, "Dirige, Domine, in conspectu tuo vitam meam." See Direct, a., and cf. Dirige.]
Definition: A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn. The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung dirges at her funeral. Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
