threnodyn.
/ˈθrɛnədi/, /ˈθriːnədi/, U.S. /ˈθrɛnədi/ A song of lamentation; spec. a lament for the dead, a dirge.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation > dirge
elegy?1521
coronach1559
dirge1568
requiem1578
threne1593
threnos1601
death song1613
monody1623
threnody1634
throb1635
trental1648
lament1698
myriologue1824
keen1830
threnode1858
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > dirge or lament
threne?a1475
elegy?1521
dumpa1556
coronach1559
dirge1568
requiem1578
threnos1601
planctusa1612
death song1613
monody1623
threnody1634
trental1648
lament1698
myriologue1824
keen1830
planh1843
threnode1858
myrology1892
sorrow song1903
lamento1944
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lament, elegy, or dirge
threne?a1475
elegy?1521
deploration1537
coronach1559
dirge1568
requiem1578
monodia1594
threnos1601
threnody1634
monody1645
lament1698
caoine1707
whillaloo1790
keen1830
tangi1836
threnode1858
commos1879
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 10 They repaire vnto the Sepulchre,..vsing Thrænodies and dolorous complaints.
1657 A. Farindon XXX. Serm. i. 34 The most powerful eloquence is the threnody of a broken heart.
1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 179 Next came threnodies from all the four winds.
1876 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets 168 This elegiac poem [In Memoriam], the great threnody of our language.
Derivatives
threnodial adj. /θriːˈnəʊdɪəl/ of or pertaining to a threnody, mournful.
/θriːˈnəʊdɪəl/ of or pertaining to a threnody, 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 > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective] > mournful
epicedian1623
threnodian1634
monodical1656
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
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
1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 81 I would..fain be excused from any threnodial service.
1837 R. Southey Doctor IV. 352 This was pretty well for a threnodial flight. But Dr. Watts went farther.
threˈnodian adj. = threnodial adj.
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 > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective] > mournful
epicedian1623
threnodian1634
monodical1656
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
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
1634 F. Quarles Mildreiados in Divine Poems (rev. ed.) 519 If this Threnodian story Entend her Honour with thy losse of Glory.
threnodic adj. /-ˈɒdɪk/ = threnodial adj.
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 > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective] > mournful
epicedian1623
threnodian1634
monodical1656
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
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
1891 Cent. Dict. Threnodic.
threˈnodical adj. = threnodial adj.
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 > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective] > mournful
epicedian1623
threnodian1634
monodical1656
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
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
1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 188 The brief threnodical essay published at the time of Irving's death.
ˈthrenodist n. one who composes or utters a threnody.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > composer by type of music
fuguist1789
symphonist1789
melodist1826
threnodist1827
instrumentalist1838
melophonist1847
polyphonist1864
musical dramatist1866
operettist1867
tone poet1874
orchestrator1875
French Impressionist1876
monodist1888
romantic1892
neoclassicist1899
orchestralist1899
variationist1900
mensuralist1901
tone-painter1903
impressionist1908
pre-Romantic1918
phrase-maker1924
polytonalist1925
atonalist1929
dodecaphonist1953
serialist1954
twelve-toner1955
miniaturist1962
minimalist1969
tonalist1982
the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation > dirge > person composing or uttering
threnodist1827
myriologist1848
myrologist1910
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > lyric poet > elegiac poet
elegiaca1586
elegiac poeta1586
elegiographer1623
elegiast1720
monodist1751
elegist1762
threnodist1827
1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 179 To think of laughing over these unhappy threnodists and panegyrists.
1832 T. De Quincey Cæsars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 552/2 Peace, then, rhetoricians, false threnodists of false liberty!
ˈthrenody v. (transitive) to mourn in a threnody.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > exhibit mourning for [verb (transitive)] > mourn with a dirge
dirge1826
threnody1893
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > perform specific types of music
jig1598
serenade1672
prelude1795
shivaree1805
dirge1826
ran-tan1866
overture1870
threnody1893
ragtime1908
rag1914
blow1949
1893 G. Allen Scallywag III. 254 Mr. Solomons, thus threnodied by the appointed latter~day bards,..was buried.
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