ELEGIAC


Meaning of ELEGIAC in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 (of a metre) used for elegies. 2 mournful.

n. (in pl.) verses in an elegiac metre. elegiac couplet a pair of lines consisting of a dactylic hexameter and a pentameter, esp. in Greek and Latin verse. elegiacally adv.

[ F élégiaque or f. LL elegiacus f. Gk elegeiakos: see ELEGY ]

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