Definition of Elegiac
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(a.) Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
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(a.) Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
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(n.) Elegiac verse.
Synonyms of Elegiac
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Antonyms of Elegiac
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Homophones of Elegiac
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