Definition of Elegiac

1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy. "An elegiac poem on a friend's death"

Partainyms: Elegy

2. Adjective. Expressing sorrow often for something past. "An elegiac lament for youthful ideals"
Similar to: Sorrowful

Definition of Elegiac

1. a. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.

2. n. Elegiac verse.

Definition of Elegiac

1. a type of verse [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elegiac

eledoisin
eledoisin
eledoisins
eleemosynary
elegance
elegances
elegancies
elegancy
elegancy
elegant
elegantin
elegantly
elegant brodiaea
elegant cat's ears
elegant Habenaria
elegiac (current term)
elegiacal
elegiacally
elegiacs
elegiac stanza
elegiast
elegiasts
elegies
elegiographer
elegise
elegised
elegises
elegising
elegist
elegists

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