elegiac
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elegiac
- /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək/ UK
- /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/ UK
- /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/ US
- /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/ US
- /ɪˈlid͡ʒiˌæk/ US
Rhymes with -aɪək, -aɪæk, -iːdʒiæk
Where it comes from
From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).
adjective more elegiac · most elegiac · elegaic
- Of or relating to an elegy. the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter
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Expressing sorrow or mourning.
Hast thou no elegiac verse / For Brunswick's venerable hearse, / What! not a line, a tear, a sigh, / When valour bleeds for liberty?
Similar: sorrowful, mournful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen
noun elegiacs · elegaic
- A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter. His saphics are worse, if possible, than his elegiacs
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Talk about this word "elegiac." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elegiac. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. elegiac. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/elegiac "elegiac." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/elegiac.Cite this
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title = {elegiac},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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