Elegiac
11elegiac — also elegiacal adjective Etymology: Late Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeion Date: 1542 1. a. of, relating to, or consisting of two dactylic hexameter lines the second of which lacks the arsis in the third and sixth feet b. (1)… …
12elegiac — /el i juy euhk, ak, i lee jee ak /, adj. Also, elegiacal. 1. used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy. 2. expressing sorrow or lamentation: elegiac strains. 3. Class. Pros. noting a distich the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and …
13elegiac — [[t]e̱lɪʤa͟ɪ͟ək[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is elegiac expresses or shows sadness. [LITERARY] The music has a dreamy, elegiac quality …
14elegiac — adjective literary 1 showing that you feel upset about someone or something that no longer exists: He spoke of his childhood in elegiac tones. 2 connected with elegies (elegy): elegiac verse …
15elegiac — /ɛləˈdʒaɪək/ (say eluh juyuhk) adjective Also, elegiacal. 1. Classical Prosody denoting a distich the first line of which is a dactylic hexameter and the second a pentameter, or a verse differing from the hexameter by suppression of the arsis or… …
16elegiac — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a metre) used for elegies. 2 mournful. n. (in pl.) verses in an elegiac metre. Phrases and idioms: elegiac couplet a pair of lines consisting of a dactylic hexameter and a pentameter, esp. in Greek and Latin verse.… …
17elegiac — el|e|gi|ac [ˌelıˈdʒaıək] adj literary showing that you feel sad about someone who has died or something that no longer exists ▪ He spoke of his childhood in elegiac tones …
18elegiac — [ˌɛlɪ dʒʌɪək] adjective relating to or characteristic of an elegy. ↘wistfully mournful. noun (elegiacs) verses in an elegiac metre. Derivatives elegiacally adverb …
19elegiac — adjective an elegiac piece for small orchestra Syn: mournful, melancholic, melancholy, plaintive, sorrowful, sad, lamenting, doleful; funereal, dirgelike; nostalgic, valedictory, poignant; literary dolorous Ant: cheerful …
20elegiac — el•e•gi•ac [[t]ˌɛl ɪˈdʒaɪ ək, æk, ɪˈli dʒiˌæk[/t]] adj. Also, el e•gi′a•cal. 1) pro used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy 2) expressing sorrow; mournful 3) pro (in classical prosody) noting a distich, the first line of which is a dactylic …
