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Meaning of elegy in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈɛlədʒi/

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  1. Noun

    elegy

    Etymology

    early 16th century: from French élégie, or via Latin, from Greek elegeia, from elegos‘mournful poem’

    Definitions

    1. a mournful poem

    Examples

    • « a lament for the dead »

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