elegiac

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/ˌɛləˈdʒaɪæk/ English

Definitions

noun

A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.

adjective

Of or relating to an elegy.“the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter”
Expressing sorrow or mourning.

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Synonyms

sorrowful distichs elegiacal elegiack eulogious eulogetic lamentational eulogic lamentatory eulogical lamentory elocutory lamentive lyric epitaphian epic

Associated

dactylic hexameter couplet catullus ovid pentameter elegies elegy iambic epigrams romulus melancholy

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