Elegiac Definition
ĕlə-jīək, ĭ-lējē-ăk
adjective
Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past.
An elegiac lament for youthful ideals.
American Heritage
Of or composed in dactylic-hexameter couplets, the second line (sometimes called a pentameter) having only an accented syllable in the third and sixth feet: the form was used for elegies and various other lyric poems.
Webster's New World
Of, like, or fit for an elegy.
Webster's New World
Sad; mournful; plaintive.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- knell-like
noun
An elegiac couplet.
Webster's New World
A series of such couplets; poem or poems written in such couplets.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Elegiac
Noun
Singular:
elegiac
Plural:
elegiacsOrigin of Elegiac
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Late Latin elegīacus from Greek elegeiakos from elegeia elegy elegy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French élégiaque.
From Wiktionary
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