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elegiac definition

elegiac


 
  Grep  of  noun  elegiac 
  elegiac  stanza 
 
  Overview  of  adj  elegiac 
 
  The  adj  elegiac  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  elegiac  --  (resembling  or  characteristic  of  or  appropriate  to  an  elegy;  "an  elegiac  poem  on  a  friend's  death") 
  2.  elegiac  --  (expressing  sorrow  often  for  something  past;  "an  elegiac  lament  for  youthful  ideals") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  elegiac 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  elegiac 
 
  Sense  2 
  elegiac 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  sorrowful)  ->  joyful 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  elegiac 
 
  2  senses  of  elegiac 
 
  Sense  1 
  elegiac 
  Pertains  to  noun  elegy  (Sense  1) 
  =>elegy,  lament 
  =>  poem,  verse  form 
 
  Sense  2 
  elegiac 
  =>  sorrowful  (vs.  joyful) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  elegiac 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  elegiac 
 
  elegiac  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  elegiac 
  elegiac 
 
  Overview  of  adj  elegiac 
 
  The  adj  elegiac  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  elegiac  --  (resembling  or  characteristic  of  or  appropriate  to  an  elegy;  "an  elegiac  poem  on  a  friend's  death") 
  2.  elegiac  --  (expressing  sorrow  often  for  something  past;  "an  elegiac  lament  for  youthful  ideals") 



elegiac definition