elegy
English
Etymology
From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία ᾠδή (elegeía ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”), from ἐλεγεία (elegeía), feminine of ἐλεγεῖος (elegeîos, “elegiac”), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “poem or song of lament”), perhaps from Phrygian.[1]
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛlɪdʒi/
- Hyphenation: el‧e‧gy
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Noun
elegy (plural elegies)
Coordinate terms
- requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead
Translations
mournful or plaintive poem or song
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See also
- eulogy – similar sounding funeral word
References
- “elegy” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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