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ELEGIAC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expressing sorrow often for something past
Example:
an elegiac lament for youthful ideals
Classified under:
Similar:
sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
Example:
an elegiac poem on a friend's death
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
elegy (a mournful poem; a lament for the dead)
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