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Elegy

//ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

    "funeral elegy"

  2. 2
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead wordnet
  3. 3
    A composition of mournful character.
  4. 4
    A classical poem written in elegiac meter

Etymology

From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).

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