elegiac (redirected from elegiacally)

el·e·gi·ac  (l-jk, -lj-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.

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[Late Latin elegacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeia, elegy; see elegy.]

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ele·giac n.

ele·gia·cal adj.

ele·gia·cal·ly adv.

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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

Thesaurus

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

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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 [ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək] ADJ → elegíaco

elegiac [ˌɛlɪˈdʒaɪək] adj (literary) [quality, mood] → élégiaque

elegiac

adj → elegisch

n usu pl (Liter) → elegischer Vers, Vers m → im elegischen Versmaß

elegiac [ˌɛlɪˈdʒaɪək] adj (liter) → elegiaco/a

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elegiac [ˌɛlɪˈdʒaɪək] adj (liter) → elegiaco/a