elegiac

Definition of Elegiac in English :

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Adjective

1. elegiac

resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy

Example Sentences:
'an elegiac poem on a friend's death'

2. elegiac

expressing sorrow often for something past

Example Sentences:
'an elegiac lament for youthful ideals'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Elegiac

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adjective

1.

resembling, characteristic of, relating to, or appropriate to an elegy

2.

lamenting; mournful; plaintive

3.

denoting or written in elegiac couplets or elegiac stanzas

. Also (archaic): elegiacal

noun

4. (often plural)

an elegiac couplet or stanza

Elegiac

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adjective

1. Classical Prosody

of or composed in dactylic-hexameter couplets, the second line (sometimes called a pentameter) having only an accented syllable in the third and sixth feet: the form was used for elegies and various other lyric poems

2.

of, like, or fit for an elegy

3.

sad; mournful; plaintive

: Also ˌeleˈgiacal (ˌɛləˈdʒaɪəkəl ; elˌəjīˈəkəl)

noun

4.

an elegiac couplet

5. [pl.]

a series of such couplets; poem or poems written in such couplets

Elegiac

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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.

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