elegicadj.

Brit.

/ɛˈliːdʒɪk/, U.S.

/ɛˈlidʒɪk/

Forms: 1600s elegick, 1800s– elegic.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: elegy n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < elegy n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier elegiacal adj., elegiac adj.

= elegiac adj. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

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

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1243 They permitted them to interre and bury their dead neere to the citie side, as who were brave warriours, and had borne themselves most valiantly in that service, with an inscription in Elegick verses [Gk. τόδε τὸ ἐλεγεῖον].

a1641 T. Heywood Gen. Hist. Women (1657) viii. 556 A great Italian Lady, called Vittoria, who writ largely and learnedly in the praise of her dead husband: with whom (though not in that Funerall Elegick strain) I may rank..the beautiful and learned Lady Mary, Countess of Pembrook.

1800 Sporting Mag. July 200/2 When she laments in elegic verse.

1917 Violinist Feb. 69/2 The proper appreciation for its [sc. the viola's] lovely, soft and elegic tone.

2004 Historia 53 233 She was finally buried herself, at a high age, after having composed her own epitaph in elegic distichs.

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

单词	elegic
释义	elegicadj. Brit. /ɛˈliːdʒɪk/, U.S. /ɛˈlidʒɪk/ Forms: 1600s elegick, 1800s– elegic. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: elegy n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < elegy n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier elegiacal adj., elegiac adj. = elegiac adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ 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 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1243 They permitted them to interre and bury their dead neere to the citie side, as who were brave warriours, and had borne themselves most valiantly in that service, with an inscription in Elegick verses [Gk. τόδε τὸ ἐλεγεῖον]. a1641 T. Heywood Gen. Hist. Women (1657) viii. 556 A great Italian Lady, called Vittoria, who writ largely and learnedly in the praise of her dead husband: with whom (though not in that Funerall Elegick strain) I may rank..the beautiful and learned Lady Mary, Countess of Pembrook. 1800 Sporting Mag. July 200/2 When she laments in elegic verse. 1917 Violinist Feb. 69/2 The proper appreciation for its [sc. the viola's] lovely, soft and elegic tone. 2004 Historia 53 233 She was finally buried herself, at a high age, after having composed her own epitaph in elegic distichs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603
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