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elegy

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"Mournful poem"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/Part of speech nounSorted eeglyStarts with EEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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

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