ELEGIAC

elegiac. Elegiac, a. used in eligies, mournful, dismal, sad

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E‐le″gi‐ac (?; 277), a. [[L. elegiacus, Gr. �: cf. F. élégiaque. See Elegy.]] 1. 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. 2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.