How do you pronounce elegiac?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/.

elegiac

/ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: ele-giac
IPA: /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/

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Meaning

adj

Of or relating to an elegy.

adj

Expressing sorrow or mourning.

noun

A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.

Example Sentences

"the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter"
"Hast thou no elegiac verse / For Brunswick's venerable hearse, / What! not a line, a tear, a sigh, / When valour bleeds for liberty?"
"And elegiac griefs, and songs of love,"
"His saphics are worse, if possible, than his elegiacs"

Etymology

From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: élégiaque, elegīacus, ἐλεγειακός

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/
British English: /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək/

Inflected Forms

more elegiac (comparative) most elegiac (superlative) elegaic (alternative) elegiacs (plural)

Derived Forms

elegiacal elegiacally unelegiac

Phrases

elegiac couplet elegiac pentameter

Synonyms

sorrowful mournful atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen

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