Definitions
a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Word origin
From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).
Used in a sentence
“funeral elegy”
“pastoral elegy”
“solemn elegy”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Mournful poem”5 letters
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