Elegy Definition

ĕlə-jē
elegies
noun
elegies
Any poem in elegiac verse.
Webster's New World
A poem or song of lament and praise for the dead, as Shelley's “Adonais”
Webster's New World
Any poem, song, etc. in a mournfully contemplative tone.
Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
Webster's New World
A composition that is melancholy or pensive in tone.
American Heritage

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

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Singular:
elegy
Plural:
elegies

Origin of Elegy

  • 1514, from Middle French elegie, from Latin elegia, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία ᾠδή (elegeia ōdē, “an elegaic song”), from ἐλεγεία (elegeia), feminine of ἐλεγεῖος (elegeios, “elegaic”), from ἔλεγος (elegos, “poem or song of lament”), perhaps from Phrygian.

    From Wiktionary

  • French élégie from Latin elegīa from Greek elegeia from pl. of elegeion elegiac distich from elegos song, mournful song

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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