ELEGY


Meaning of ELEGY in English

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a song of lament, esp. for the dead (sometimes vaguely used of other poems). 2 a poem in elegiac metre.

[ F élégie or L elegia f. Gk elegeia f. elegos mournful poem ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.