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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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| el·e·gy (ěl'ə-jē) n. pl. el·e·gies
[French élégie, from Latin elegīa, from Greek elegeia, from pl. of elegeion, elegiac distich, from elegos, song, mournful song.] |
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Elegy
El"e*gy\, n.; pl. Elegies. [L. elegia, Gr. ?, fem. sing. (cf. ?, prop., neut. pl. of ? a distich in elegiac verse), fr. ? elegiac, fr. ? a song of mourning.] A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : elegy
Spanish:
elegía,
German:
die Elegie, das Klagelied,
Japanese:
哀歌
elegy [(el-uh-jee)]
A form of poetry that mourns the loss of someone who has died or something that has deteriorated. A notable example is the “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” by Thomas Gray. (Compare eulogy.)
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elegy
1514, from M.Fr. elegie, from L. elegia, from Gk. elegeia ode "an elegaic song," from elegeia, fem. of elegeios "elegaic," from elegos "poem or song of lament," perhaps from a Phrygian word.
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