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Meaning of 'elegiac' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Elegiac [ a.]
- Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
- Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
2 . Elegiac [ n.]
- Elegiac verse.

Meaning of 'elegiac' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . elegiac [ a]
Meaning (1):
- resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
Example in sentence:
  • an elegiac poem on a friend's death
2 . elegiac [ s]
Meaning (2):
- expressing sorrow often for something past
Example in sentence:
  • an elegiac lament for youthful ideals

Nearby Words:

eleatic eleaticism elecampane elect electant electary elected electer electic electicism

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