elegy

The definition of an elegy is a mournful piece of music or is a poem written as an ode to the dead.

(noun)

An example of an elegy is a poem written to honor a deceased man.

See elegy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. elegies

any poem in elegiac verse
a poem or song of lament and praise for the dead, as Shelley's “Adonais”
any poem, song, etc. in a mournfully contemplative tone: Gray's “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”

Origin: Fr élégie < L elegia < Gr elegeia < elegos, a lament < ? IE base *el- > alms

See elegy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. el·e·gies

A poem composed in elegiac couplets.
a. A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.
b. Something resembling such a poem or song.
Music A composition that is melancholy or pensive in tone.

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Origin: French élégie

Origin: , from Latin elegīa

Origin: , from Greek elegeia

Origin: , from

Origin: pl. of elegeion, elegiac distich

Origin: , from elegos, song, mournful song

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