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elegiac n. 哀歌,挽歌
a. 哀歌体的,挽歌的 哀歌,挽歌哀歌体的,挽歌的 elegiac adj 1: resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; " an elegiac poem on a friend' s death" 2: expressing sorrow often for something past; " an elegiac lament for youthful ideals" Elegiac \ E* le" gi* ac\ (?; 277), a. [ L. elegiacus, Gr. ?: cf. F. [' e] l[' e] giaque. See { Elegy}.] 1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. [ 1913 Webster] Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. -- Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter. [ 1913 Webster]
Elegiac \ E* le" gi* ac\, n. Elegiac verse. [ 1913 Webster] 32 Moby Thesaurus words for " elegiac": Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, bardic, bucolic, didactic, dirgelike, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, epic, heroic, idyllic, knell- like, mock- heroic, narrative, pastoral, poetic, poetico- mystical, poetico- mythological, poetico- philosophic, poetlike, rhapsodic, runic, sapphic, skaldic, threnodic
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