Elegiacal

//ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪəkəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    elegiac; expressing sorrow.

    "He gratefully sings unto God—yet follows this up with an elegiacal lamentation of his own suffering, not unmixed perhaps with the sorrows of afflicted patriotism."

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"He gratefully sings unto God—yet follows this up with an elegiacal lamentation of his own suffering, not unmixed perhaps with the sorrows of afflicted patriotism."

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