elegiac

Definition

Of or relating to an elegy.

Etymology

From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).

Example Sentences

• "the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter"
• "Hast thou no elegiac verse / For Brunswick's venerable hearse, / What! not a line, a tear, a sigh, / When valour bleeds for liberty?"
• "And elegiac griefs, and songs of love,"