Elegiac

Pronunciation

• Canada IPA: /ˌɛləˈdÊ’aɪˌæk/ or IPA: /ˌɛləˈdÊ’aɪək/

Origin

From Middle French élégiaque.

Full definition of elegiac

Adjective

1. Of, or relating to an elegy.the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter
2. Expressing sorrow or mourning.
• Elizabeth BrowningElegiac griefs, and songs of love.

Noun

1. A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter
• His saphics are worse, if possible, than his elegiacs