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Definitions for Elegiac
[1] used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy.
[2] expressing sorrow or lamentation: elegiac strains.
[3] Classical Prosody . noting a distich or couplet the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and the second a pentameter, or a verse differing from the hexameter by suppression of the arsis or metrically unaccented part of the third and the sixth foot.
[4] an elegiac or distich verse.
[5] a poem in such distichs or verses.
[6] resembling, characteristic of, relating to, or appropriate to an elegy
[7] lamenting; mournful; plaintive
[8] denoting or written in elegiac couplets or elegiac stanzas
[9] (often plural) an elegiac couplet or stanza
Words related to Elegiac
funereal, melancholy, sorrowful, mournful, sad, doleful
Words nearby Elegiac
eledoisin, eleemosynary, elegance, elegancy, elegant, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, elegiac stanza, elegist, elegit
Origin of Elegiac
1575–85; (< Middle French ) < Latin elegīacus < Greek elegeiakós. See elegy, -ac
Other words from Elegiac
el·e·gi·a·cal·ly , adverb
Synonyms for Elegiac
funereal, melancholy, mournful, sad, sorrowful, doleful, threnodial