elegiac

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

(formal or literary) expressing sadness, especially about the past or people who have died: Her poetry has an elegiac quality.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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elegiac