Synonyms for elegy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : el-i-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl ɪ dʒi


Définition of elegy

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun dirge
Example sentences :
  • A Colonel Pickering died of it, on whom the chaplain wrote an elegy.
  • Extract from : « Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts » by Rosalind Northcote
  • This scene closes with an elegy foreboding the coming tragedy.
  • Extract from : « The Standard Oratorios » by George P. Upton
  • That is Gray's "Elegy in a Churchyard" turned to resurrection spectacle.
  • Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
  • A few days after, Keimer sent for me to print off the Elegy.
  • Extract from : « Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin » by Benjamin Franklin
  • We were in no danger of confusing it with the 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard.'
  • Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The Elegy is the glorification of the obscure; therein lies its popularity.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Authors, British and American » by Edwin Watts Chubb
  • In the autumn of 1742 was begun the Elegy in a Country Church-yard.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Authors, British and American » by Edwin Watts Chubb
  • Which song do you chuse, the Dying Swan, or the Elegy on the death of a mad dog?'
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Wakefield » by Oliver Goldsmith
  • The elegy is a reflective lyric prompted by the death of some one.
  • Extract from : « Lady of the Lake » by Sir Walter Scott
  • Perhaps Mr. Merrill, too, had been thinking of the Elegy that morning.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill

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