elegiacaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˌɛlᵻˈdʒʌɪəkl/, U.S.

/ˌɛləˈdʒaɪək(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English– elegiacal, 1500s elegeiacal, 1600s elegeical, 1600s elegiacall.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin elegiacus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin elegiacus elegiac adj. + -al suffix¹.

1. Of the nature of an elegy; melancholy, mournful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adjective] > dirge

elegiacalc1487

elegiac1598

epicedial?c1615

epicedian1623

elegious1624

threnodian1634

threnetic1656

threnodial1819

threnetical1829

myriological1848

threnodical1881

threnodic1891

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [adjective] > elegiac

elegiacalc1487

elegiac1598

elegic1603

elegious1624

threnodian1634

threnetic1656

threnodial1819

threnetical1829

threnodical1881

threnodic1891

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 388 Elegiacal exclamacions of lamentable & pietyuous auenture [no corresponding sentence in the Latin original].

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. K4^v Let not your sorow die, you that haue read the proeme and narration of this elegiacal history.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 769 An Elegiacall or sorrowfull Epitaph.

1640 T. Carew Poems 126 An Elegiacall Letter upon the death of the King of Sweden.

1702 W. Nicolson Sc. Hist. Libr. iii. 143 We have several good Manuscript Copies of..his [sc. Aelred's] Elegiacal History of the same good Prince's death.

1784 W. Hayley Mausoleum iii. i, in Plays of Three Acts 419 Peace, woman!—I care not for idle derision, I have had a superb elegiacal vision.

1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 294 Study this higher elegiacal strain.

1878 R. L. Stevenson in Cornhill Mag. Apr. 436 Mim-mouthed friends and relations hold up their hands in quite a little elegiacal synod about his path.

1948 Notes 5 567/2 Elegiacal tributes to Rosenfeld's sweetness of character.

1979 Washington Post 7 Sept. b1/2 The sprawled hulks and leaf-strewn streets left in the wake of Tropical Storm David occasioned moments of elegiacal reflection.

2003 Legacy 20 57/1 These obituaries and elegiacal biographies of African women in America.

2. Classical Prosody. = elegiac adj. 2. Now rare.In quot. 1582 as n.: elegiac verse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > elegiac metre

elegiacal1542

elegiac1586

long and short1715

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes Pref. sig. ✭v (note) Theognis a Greke poete y^t wryteth in Elegeiacal verses suche morall preceptes of virtue as been in y^e litle treatise.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. viii. f. xvii Of Meters there bee..that hath their name..of the nomber of the fete, as Exameter and Pentameter which is also called Elegiacal [L. elegiaca].

1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 86 The heroical and thee elegiacal enterlaced one with the oother.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. vi. 224 There was a Statue of Iupiter..on which were engraven certain Elegiacal verses, compos'd on purpose to terrifie Men from invoking that God to witness an Untruth.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 1043/2 The elegiacal couplet was originally erotic, and was adapted to mournful themes by Simonides.

Derivatives

eleˈgiacally adv.

ΚΠ

1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 59 I will point thee out a distinction. I love—naturally; thou—elegiacally, after the manner of Tibullus.

1863 Harper's New Monthly Mag. June 107/2 The footlights were down, and the bass-viol wailing elegiacally.

1951 I. Howe Sherwood Anderson 108 Anderson's prose is neither ‘natural’ nor primitive; it is rather a hushed bardic chant, low-toned and elegiacally awkward.

2004 Daily Tel. 13 May 24/2 The pleasures of unsupervised reflection have been elegiacally evoked over the past week.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	elegiacal
释义	elegiacaladj.n. Brit. /ˌɛlᵻˈdʒʌɪəkl/, U.S. /ˌɛləˈdʒaɪək(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English– elegiacal, 1500s elegeiacal, 1600s elegeical, 1600s elegiacall. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin elegiacus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin elegiacus elegiac adj. + -al suffix¹. 1. Of the nature of an elegy; melancholy, mournful. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adjective] > dirge elegiacalc1487 elegiac1598 epicedial?c1615 epicedian1623 elegious1624 threnodian1634 threnetic1656 threnodial1819 threnetical1829 myriological1848 threnodical1881 threnodic1891 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [adjective] > elegiac elegiacalc1487 elegiac1598 elegic1603 elegious1624 threnodian1634 threnetic1656 threnodial1819 threnetical1829 threnodical1881 threnodic1891 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 388 Elegiacal exclamacions of lamentable & pietyuous auenture [no corresponding sentence in the Latin original]. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. K4^v Let not your sorow die, you that haue read the proeme and narration of this elegiacal history. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 769 An Elegiacall or sorrowfull Epitaph. 1640 T. Carew Poems 126 An Elegiacall Letter upon the death of the King of Sweden. 1702 W. Nicolson Sc. Hist. Libr. iii. 143 We have several good Manuscript Copies of..his [sc. Aelred's] Elegiacal History of the same good Prince's death. 1784 W. Hayley Mausoleum iii. i, in Plays of Three Acts 419 Peace, woman!—I care not for idle derision, I have had a superb elegiacal vision. 1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 294 Study this higher elegiacal strain. 1878 R. L. Stevenson in Cornhill Mag. Apr. 436 Mim-mouthed friends and relations hold up their hands in quite a little elegiacal synod about his path. 1948 Notes 5 567/2 Elegiacal tributes to Rosenfeld's sweetness of character. 1979 Washington Post 7 Sept. b1/2 The sprawled hulks and leaf-strewn streets left in the wake of Tropical Storm David occasioned moments of elegiacal reflection. 2003 Legacy 20 57/1 These obituaries and elegiacal biographies of African women in America. 2. Classical Prosody. = elegiac adj. 2. Now rare.In quot. 1582 as n.: elegiac verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > elegiac metre elegiacal1542 elegiac1586 long and short1715 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes Pref. sig. ✭v (note) Theognis a Greke poete y^t wryteth in Elegeiacal verses suche morall preceptes of virtue as been in y^e litle treatise. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. viii. f. xvii Of Meters there bee..that hath their name..of the nomber of the fete, as Exameter and Pentameter which is also called Elegiacal [L. elegiaca]. 1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 86 The heroical and thee elegiacal enterlaced one with the oother. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. vi. 224 There was a Statue of Iupiter..on which were engraven certain Elegiacal verses, compos'd on purpose to terrifie Men from invoking that God to witness an Untruth. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 1043/2 The elegiacal couplet was originally erotic, and was adapted to mournful themes by Simonides. Derivatives eleˈgiacally adv. ΚΠ 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 59 I will point thee out a distinction. I love—naturally; thou—elegiacally, after the manner of Tibullus. 1863 Harper's New Monthly Mag. June 107/2 The footlights were down, and the bass-viol wailing elegiacally. 1951 I. Howe Sherwood Anderson 108 Anderson's prose is neither ‘natural’ nor primitive; it is rather a hushed bardic chant, low-toned and elegiacally awkward. 2004 Daily Tel. 13 May 24/2 The pleasures of unsupervised reflection have been elegiacally evoked over the past week. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1487
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