Dictionary
el•e•gy
Pronunciation: (el'i-jē), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -gies.
1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
2. a poem written in elegiac meter.
3. a sad or mournful musical composition.
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