† eˈlegious,a.Obs.rare. [f. elegy + -ous.] Resembling an elegy; hence, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful. 1632Quarles Div. Fancies iv. x, Th'affrighted heav'ns sent down elegious Thunder.1635― Embl. v. i. (1818) 259 If your elegious breath should hap to rouse A happy tear.