ELEGIAC
\ˈɛlɪd͡ʒək], \ˈɛlɪdʒək], \ˈɛ_l_ɪ_dʒ_ə_k]\
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Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
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Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
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Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
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Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
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verse.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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