Associations to the word «Elegiac»
Noun
Adverb
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".
Wise words
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?