Synonyms for elegiac

Grammar : Adj

Spell : el-i-jahy-uh k, -ak, ih-lee-jee-ak

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛl ɪˈdʒaɪ ək, -æk, ɪˈli dʒiˌæk

Définition of elegiac

Origin : 1580s, from Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from eleigeia (see elegy). Related: Elegiacally.

adj lamenting

Example sentences :

In the fine melancholy of his elegiac poetry he is almost modern.
Extract from : « A History of French Literature » by Edward Dowden

Lyrical, satirical, and elegiac poetry had been carried to perfection.
Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) » by John Addington Symonds

The dishes she had left he carried away with an elegiac solemnity.
Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes

She let him wait awhile—then went to him with an elegiac manner.
Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes

In this respect they are unlike the normal type of elegiac poetry.
Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon » by Walter Adeney

Schiller, elegiac distich of, 346;on rhythm in the drama, 433.
Extract from : « English Verse » by Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.

They are all to be found in the class of "Epitaphs and Elegiac Pieces."
Extract from : « The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) » by William Wordsworth

And his gait was so young-lady-like, so elegiac, so ethereal.
Extract from : « The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine » by Heinrich Heine

And yet they differ from the women of the Roman elegiac poets.
Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds

She was the enchanting woman of fashion, and the elegiac muse.
Extract from : « Coelebs In Search of a Wife » by Hannah More

Antonyms for elegiac

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