dirge
noun/dɜːdʒ/
/dɜːrdʒ/
- a song sung in the past at a funeral or for a dead personTopics Musicc2
- (informal, disapproving) any song or piece of music that is too slow and sad
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the Office for the Dead): from Latin dirige! (imperative) ‘direct!’, the first word of an antiphon (Ps. 5:8) formerly used in the Latin Office for the Dead.
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