el·e·gi·ac 
(ĕl′ə-jīək, ĭ-lējē-ăk′)
(ĕl′ə-jīək, ĭ-lējē-ăk′)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past: an elegiac lament for youthful ideals.
2. Of or composed in elegiac couplets.
[Late Latin elegīacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeia, elegy; see ELEGY.]
el′e·giac n.
el′e·gia·cal adj.
el′e·gia·cal·ly adv.