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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