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elegiac
el·e·gi·ac E0083600 (ĕl′ə-jī′ək, ĭ-lē′jē-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·gi′ac n.el′e·gi′a·cal adj.el′e·gi′a·cal·ly adv.elegiac (ˌɛlɪˈdʒaɪək) adj1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) resembling, characteristic of, relating to, or appropriate to an elegy2. lamenting; mournful; plaintive3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) denoting or written in elegiac couplets or elegiac stanzas. Also (archaic): elegiacal n (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (often plural) an elegiac couplet or stanza ˌeleˈgiacally advel•e•gi•ac (ˌɛl ɪˈdʒaɪ ək, -æk, ɪˈli dʒiˌæk)
adj. Also, el`e•gi′a•cal. 1. used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy. 2. expressing sorrow; mournful. 3. (in classical prosody) noting a distich, the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and the second a pentameter. n. 4. an elegiac verse. 5. poetry in such verses. [1575–85; (< Middle French) < Latin < Greek] elegiac - Can mean "melancholy, mournful."See also related terms for melancholy.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | elegiac - resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; "an elegiac poem on a friend's death" | | 2. | elegiac - expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals"sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 |
elegiacadjective (Literary) lamenting, sad, melancholy, nostalgic, mournful, plaintive, melancholic, sorrowful, funereal, valedictory, keening, dirgeful, threnodial, threnodic The music has a dreamy, elegiac quality.Translationselegiac
elegiac1. resembling, characteristic of, relating to, or appropriate to an elegy 2. denoting or written in elegiac couplets or elegiac stanzas 3. an elegiac couplet or stanza elegiac
Related to elegiac: elegiac coupletSynonyms for elegiacadj lamentingSynonyms- lamenting
- sad
- melancholy
- nostalgic
- mournful
- plaintive
- melancholic
- sorrowful
- funereal
- valedictory
- keening
- dirgeful
- threnodial
- threnodic
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