Library / English Dictionary

ELEGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mournful poem; a lament for the dead

Synonyms:

elegy; lament

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("elegy" is a kind of...):

poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)

Derivation:

elegist (the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead)

elegize (compose an elegy)

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