Elegy

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• elegy — elegy, eulogy An elegy was originally a lament for the dead, of which literary examples are Milton s Lycidas (1637) and Shelley s Adonais (1821). In the course of time, it came to mean any sorrowful poem or one written in the metre associated… …   Modern English usage

• elegy — [el′ə jē] n. pl. elegies [Fr élégie < L elegia < Gr elegeia < elegos, a lament < ? IE base * el > ALMS] 1. any poem in elegiac verse 2. a poem or song of lament and praise for the dead, as Shelley s “Adonais” 3. any poem, song, etc …   English World dictionary

• Elegy — El e*gy, n.; pl. {Elegies}. [L. elegia, Gr. ?, fem. sing. (cf. ?, prop., neut. pl. of ? a distich in elegiac verse), fr. ? elegiac, fr. ? a song of mourning.] A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• elegy — 1510s, from M.Fr. elegie, from L. elegia, from Gk. elegeia ode an elegaic song, from elegeia, fem. of elegeios elegaic, from elegos poem or song of lament, perhaps from a Phrygian word …   Etymology dictionary

• elegy — [n] dirge death song, funeral song, knell, lament, plaint, requiem, threnody; concepts 262,293,595 …   New thesaurus

• elegy — ► NOUN (pl. elegies) ▪ a mournful poem, typically a lament for the dead. ORIGIN Greek elegos mournful poem …   English terms dictionary

• Elegy — The term elegy was originally used for a type of poetic meter (Elegiac metre), but is also used for a poem of mourning, from the Greek elegos , a reflection on the death of someone or on a sorrow generally which is a form of lyric poetry. An… …   Wikipedia