Main Entry:: ele·gi·ac
Pronunciation:: \ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ək, -ˌak also i-ˈlē-jē-ˌak\
Variant(s):: also el·e·gi·a·cal \ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ə-kəl\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Late Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeion
Date:: 1542

1 a: of, relating to, or consisting of two dactylic hexameter lines the second of which lacks the arsis in the third and sixth feet b (1): written in or consisting of elegiac couplets (2): noted for having written poetry in such couplets c: of or relating to the period in Greece about the seventh century b.c. when poetry written in such couplets flourished2: of, relating to, or comprising elegy or an elegy ; especially : expressing sorrow often for something now past <an elegiac lament for departed youth>

— elegiac noun

— el·e·gi·a·cal·ly

\ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ə-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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