elegy
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Etymology [edit]
1514, from Middle French elegie, from Latin elegia, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία ᾠδή (“an elegaic song”), from ἐλεγεία, feminine of ἐλεγεῖος (“elegaic”), from ἔλεγος (“poem or song of lament”), perhaps from Phrygian.[1]
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Noun [edit]
elegy (plural elegies)
- A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
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Coordinate terms [edit]
- requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead
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Translations [edit]
mournful or plaintive poem or song
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See also [edit]
- eulogy – similar sounding funeral word
