elegy

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Synonyms: elogy, eley, eleby

Antonyms: elogy, eley, eleby

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Noun

1. A [[mournful]] or [[plaintive]] [[poem]]; a [[funeral]] song; a poem of [[lamentation]]. {{defdate|from early 16th c.}} <!---attested since 1514--->
2. {{lb|en|music}} A composition of mournful character.
3. A classical [[poem]] written in [[elegiac]] [[meter]]

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