el·e·gi·ac
( l  -j  k,  -l j- k)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or
expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past: an elegiac lament for youthful ideals.
2. Of or composed in elegiac couplets.
[Late Latin eleg
acus, from Greek
elegeiakos, from elegeia, elegy; see
elegy.]
el
e·giac n.
el
e·gia·cal adj.
el
e·gia·cal·ly
adv. |
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Dad created elegiac verses for the funeral's of each of our family dogs: Pepper, Sparky, and Tripper.
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