elegy
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French elegie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin elegīa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία ᾠδή (elegeía ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”), from ἐλεγεία (elegeía), feminine of ἐλεγεῖος (elegeîos, “elegiac”), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “poem or song of lament”), perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Phrygian.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: el‧e‧gy
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Noun
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.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead
Derived terms
Translations
mournful or plaintive poem or song
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See also
- eulogy – similar sounding funeral word
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “elegy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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