Threnodial

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining or similar to a threnody. not-comparable

    ""Perhaps I ought not to use the word 'trifle' in connection with a composition of a threnodial and dirge-like character," he continued deprecatingly."

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elegiacelegiacthrenodianthrenodicthrenodic

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""Perhaps I ought not to use the word 'trifle' in connection with a composition of a threnodial and dirge-like character," he continued deprecatingly."

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