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el⋅e⋅gy
[el-i-jee]
–noun, plural -gies.
| 1. | a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead. |
| 2. | a poem written in elegiac meter. |
| 3. | a sad or mournful musical composition. |
Origin:
1505–15; (< MF) < L elegīa < Gk elegeía, orig. neut. pl. of elegeîos elegiac, equiv. to éleg(os) a lament + -eios adj. suffix
1505–15; (< MF) < L elegīa < Gk elegeía, orig. neut. pl. of elegeîos elegiac, equiv. to éleg(os) a lament + -eios adj. suffix

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