 elegiac |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy | |
| Examples: | "an elegiac poem on a friend's death" |
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| Related terms: | elegy | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] expressing sorrow often for something past | |
| Examples: | "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals" |
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| Related terms: | sorrowful | |
| Similar spelling: |
elegize elegist elegise El_Giza |
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