Elegious

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Melancholy, miserable, plaintive. obsolete

    "If your elegious breath should hap to rouze / A happy tear, close harb'ring in his eye."

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"If your elegious breath should hap to rouze / A happy tear, close harb'ring in his eye."

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