elegy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛlɪdʒi/
- Hyphenation: el‧e‧gy
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Noun[edit]
elegy (plural elegies)
- A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. [from early 16th c.]
- (music) A composition of mournful character.
- A classical poem written in elegiac meter
Synonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
mournful or plaintive poem or song
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See also[edit]
- eulogy – similar sounding funeral word
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