elegiacal
/ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪəkəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "He gratefully sings unto God—yet follows this up with an elegiacal lamentation of his own suffering, not unmixed perhaps with the sorrows of afflicted patriotism."
- "It is an exquisite addition to a branch of English literature, which is already very rich, the poetry of elegiacal regret."
- "Shakespeare antagonized the queen by permitting his play to be performed on the eve of the Essex rebellion, and he persisted in his contempt for her by refusing to write any elegiacal verses on Elizabeth's death."
Inflected Forms
more elegiacal (comparative)
most elegiacal (superlative)