elegiack
elegiack is the obsolete form of elegiac.
Meaning of elegiac
Adjective
elegiac (comparative more elegiac, superlative most elegiac)
- Of or relating to an elegy.
- the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter
- Expressing sorrow or mourning.
- Hast thou no elegiac verse / For Brunswick's venerable hearse, / What! not a line, a tear, a sigh, / When valour bleeds for liberty?1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto Third: To William Erskine, Esq.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and...
- Synonyms:
- sorrowful, mournful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless
Forms of elegiack
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more elegiack |
| superlative | most elegiack |
| Noun | |
| plural | elegiacks |
Questions about elegiack
- What is elegiack the obsolete form of?
- Elegiack is the obsolete form of elegiac.
Words near elegiack in the dictionary
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