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. |
elegiac [ˌɛlɪˈdʒaɪək]
adj
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) resembling, characteristic of, relating to, or appropriate to an elegy
2. lamenting; mournful; plaintive
3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) denoting or written in elegiac couplets or elegiac stanzas
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (often plural) an elegiac couplet or stanza
elegiacally adv
elegiac - Can mean "melancholy, mournful."
See also related terms for melancholy.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | elegiac - resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; "an elegiac poem on a friend's death" |
| 2. | elegiac - expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals" sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 |
elegiac
adjective (Literary) lamenting, sad, melancholy, nostalgic, mournful, plaintive, melancholic, sorrowful, funereal, valedictory, keening, dirgeful, threnodial, threnodic The music has a dreamy, elegiac quality.
Translations
elegiac [ˌɛlɪˈdʒaɪək] adj (liter) → elegiaco/a
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