elegy

el·e·gy  (l-j)

n. pl. el·e·gies

1. A poem composed in elegiac couplets.

2.

a. A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.

b. Something resembling such a poem or song.

3. Music A composition that is melancholy or pensive in tone.

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[French élégie, from Latin elega, from Greek elegeia, from pl. of elegeion, elegiac distich, from elegos, song, mournful song.]

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elegy [el-lij-ee]

Noun

pl -gies a mournful poem or song, esp. a lament for the dead [Greek elegos lament]

USAGE: Avoid confusion with eulogy.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

elegy - a mournful poem; a lament for the dead lament poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

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elegy

noun lament, requiem, dirge, plaint (archaic) threnody, keen, funeral song, coronach Scot., Irish funeral poem

Translations

elegy [ˈɛlɪdʒɪ] n → elegía