elegiac
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək/ / /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/ / /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).
- Of or relating to an elegy.
“the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter”
- Expressing sorrow or mourning.
“Hast thou no elegiac verse / For Brunswick's venerable hearse, / What! not a line, a tear, a sigh, / When valour bleeds for liberty?”
“And elegiac griefs, and songs of love,”
noun
Etymology: From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).
- A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
“His saphics are worse, if possible, than his elegiacs”