ELEGY

noun (plural -gies) Etymology: Latin elegia poem in elegiac couplets, from Greek elegeia, elegeion, from elegos song of mourning Date: 1501 a poem in elegiac couplets, 2. a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead, something (as a speech) resembling such a song or poem, 3. a pensive or reflective poem that is usually nostalgic or melancholy, a short pensive musical composition