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ELEGIAC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expressing sorrow often for something past

Example:

an elegiac lament for youthful ideals

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy

Example:

an elegiac poem on a friend's death

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

elegy (a mournful poem; a lament for the dead)

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