elegiac
adjective/ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək/
/ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək/
(formal or literary)- expressing sad feelings, especially about the past or people who have died
- Her poetry has an elegiac quality.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French élégiaque, or via late Latin, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeia, from elegos ‘mournful poem’.Want to learn more?
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