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elegiac

/,/E/l/@/'/dZ//aI//@/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy

    adj.pert

    Examples
    An elegiac poem on a friend's death.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an <i>elegiac</i> lay; <i>elegiac</i> strains.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. Elegiac verse.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. expressing sorrow often for something past

    adj.all

    Examples
    An elegiac lament for youthful ideals.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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