Elegy
['elɪdʒɪ] or ['ɛlədʒi]
Definition
(n.) A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.
Typed by Bush
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dirge, lament, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.
Checked by Annabelle
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad
ANT:{[Pseannent]?}, jubilee
Typed by Elvin
Definition
n. a song of mourning: a funeral-song: a poem written in elegiac metre.—adj. Elegī′ac belonging to elegy: mournful: used in elegies esp. noting the kind of metre alternate hexameter and pentameter lines.—n. elegiac verse.—adj. Elegī′acal.—ns. Elē′giast El′egist a writer of elegies.—v.i. El′egīse to write an elegy.—v.t. to write an elegy on.
Typist: Remington
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A composition in verse in which without employing any of the methods of humor the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind the dampest kind of dejection. The most famous English example begins somewhat like this:
Checker: Otis