elegy
noun/ˈelədʒi/
/ˈelədʒi/
(plural elegies)
- a poem or song that expresses sad feelings, especially for somebody who has diedTopics Literature and writingc2Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French élégie, or via Latin, from Greek elegeia, from elegos ‘mournful poem’.
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