elegiac

The definition of elegiac is full of mourning and sorrow.

(adjective)

An example of something elegiac is a poem about the loss of a loved one.

See elegiac in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Gr. & Latin Prosody of or composed in dactylic-hexameter couplets, the second line (sometimes called a pentameter) having only an accented syllable in the third and sixth feet: the form was used for elegies and various other lyric poems
of, like, or fit for an elegy
sad; mournful; plaintive

Origin: LL elegiacus < Gr elegeiakos < elegeia: see elegy

noun

See elegiac in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past: an elegiac lament for youthful ideals.
Of or composed in elegiac couplets.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin elegīacus

Origin: , from Greek elegeiakos

Origin: , from elegeia, elegy; see elegy

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