ELEGIAC
elegiac
(adjective) expressing sorrow often for something past; “an elegiac lament for youthful ideals”
elegiac
(adjective) resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; “an elegiac poem on a friend’s death”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
elegiac (comparative more elegiac, superlative most elegiac)
Of or relating to an elegy.
Expressing sorrow or mourning.
Noun
elegiac (plural elegiacs)
A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
Source: Wiktionary
E*le"gi*ac, a. Etym: [L. elegiacus, Gr. élégiaque. See Elegy.]
1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. Mrs. Browning.
2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
E*le"gi*ac, n.
Definition: Elegiac verse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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