elegiac
UK /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək/ US /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/
adj 2noun 1
Definitions
adj
1
Of or relating to an elegy.
the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter
2
Expressing sorrow or mourning.
Hast thou no elegiac verse / For Brunswick's venerable hearse, / What! not a line, a tear, a sigh, / When valour bleeds for liberty?
And elegiac griefs, and songs of love,
noun
1
A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
His saphics are worse, if possible, than his elegiacs
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