ELEGIAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elegiac mean? 

• ELEGIAC (adjective)
  The adjective ELEGIAC has 2 senses:

1. resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy

2. expressing sorrow often for something past

  Familiarity information: ELEGIAC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELEGIAC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

an elegiac poem on a friend's death

Pertainym:

elegy (a mournful poem; a lament for the dead)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Expressing sorrow often for something past

Context example:

an elegiac lament for youthful ideals

Similar:

sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)