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/ ˌɛl ɪˈdʒaɪ ək, -æk, ɪˈli dʒiˌæk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective Also el·e·gi·a·cal. used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy.
expressing sorrow or lamentation: elegiac strains.
Classical Prosody . noting a distich or couplet the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and the second a pentameter, or a verse differing from the hexameter by suppression of the arsis or metrically unaccented part of the third and the sixth foot.
noun an elegiac or distich verse.
a poem in such distichs or verses.
Origin of elegiac 1575–85; (<Middle French ) <Latin elegīacus <Greek elegeiakós. See elegy, -ac
OTHER WORDS FROM elegiac el·e·gi·a·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby elegiac eledoisin, eleemosynary, elegance, elegancy, elegant, elegiac , elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elegist, elegit, elegize
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In classic poetry what is known as elegiac verse is composed of couplets consisting of alternate hexameter and pentameter lines.
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Among these the Elegiac verse of the ancients (hexameter alternating with pentameter) was attempted by Sidney in his Arcadia.
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British Dictionary definitions for elegiac adjective resembling, characteristic of, relating to, or appropriate to an elegy
lamenting; mournful; plaintive
denoting or written in elegiac couplets or elegiac stanzas
noun (often plural) an elegiac couplet or stanza
Derived forms of elegiac elegiacally , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to elegiac funereal, melancholy, sorrowful, mournful, sad, doleful, threnodial