Elegy
/ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
"funeral elegy"
- 2 a mournful poem; a lament for the dead wordnet
- 3 A composition of mournful character.
- 4 A classical poem written in elegiac meter
Example
More examples"He composed an elegy for his late friend."
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”).