[ 'ɛlɪdʒi ]
■ noun ( plural elegies )
1》 a mournful poem, typically a lament for the dead.
2》 (in Greek and Latin verse) a poem written in elegiac couplets.
Origin
C16: from Fr. élégie , or via L., from Gk elegeia , from elegos 'mournful poem'.
[ 'ɛlɪdʒi ]
■ noun ( plural elegies )
1》 a mournful poem, typically a lament for the dead.
2》 (in Greek and Latin verse) a poem written in elegiac couplets.
Origin
C16: from Fr. élégie , or via L., from Gk elegeia , from elegos 'mournful poem'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004