Associations to the word «Elegiac»

Wiktionary

ELEGIAC, adjective. Of, or relating to an elegy.
ELEGIAC, adjective. Expressing sorrow or mourning.
ELEGIAC, noun. A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter

Dictionary definition

ELEGIAC, adjective. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; "an elegiac poem on a friend's death".
ELEGIAC, adjective. Expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals".

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