Elegiac
Pronunciation : E*le"gi*ac
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. elegiacus, Gr. ?l?giaque. See Elegy.]
Definition : 1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. Mrs. Browning.
2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : E*le"gi*ac
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Elegiac verse.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913