ELEGIACS

Noun

elegiacs

plural of elegiac

Anagrams

• legacies

Source: Wiktionary

ELEGIAC

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