elegy

noundirge

Synonyms for elegy

noun dirge

Word Origin & History

1510s, from Middle French elegie, from Latin elegia, from Greek elegeia ode "an elegaic song," from elegeia, fem. of elegeios "elegaic," from elegos "poem or song of lament," perhaps from a Phrygian word.

Example Sentences for elegy

A Colonel Pickering died of it, on whom the chaplain wrote an elegy.

This scene closes with an elegy foreboding the coming tragedy.

That is Gray's "Elegy in a Churchyard" turned to resurrection spectacle.

A few days after, Keimer sent for me to print off the Elegy.

We were in no danger of confusing it with the 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard.'

The Elegy is the glorification of the obscure; therein lies its popularity.

In the autumn of 1742 was begun the Elegy in a Country Church-yard.

Which song do you chuse, the Dying Swan, or the Elegy on the death of a mad dog?'

The elegy is a reflective lyric prompted by the death of some one.

Perhaps Mr. Merrill, too, had been thinking of the Elegy that morning.

elegy

Synonyms for elegy

epitaph

epitaphs

lament/lamentation

lamentations

laments

elegy

Synonyms for elegy

More words related to elegy

dirge

epitaph

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lament/lamentation

lamentations

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