Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elegize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ele-gize
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To compose an elegy for.

Transitive verb

verb

To compose an elegy.

Intransitive verb

verb

To lament, as if in an elegy.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Yet none in lofty numbers can surpass / The bard who soars to elegize an ass."
"The destruction of the community in Worms, set to "the tune of Rabbi Simon of Prague" was elegized by Isaac Liberman of Worms (1696)"
"Searching for an appropriate image with which to elegize Christ, the speaker relies upon his formal poetic instruction to succeed."
"He elegized his lost comrades."

Etymology

Etymology tree English elegy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English elegize From elegy + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

elegizes (present, singular) elegizing (participle, present) elegized (participle, past) elegized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

eulogize

Synonyms

grieve mourn afterthink becry begrieve bemoan bemourn bewail beweep condole deplore elegize

Questions

What does elegize mean?: To compose an elegy for.
Where does elegize come from?: Etymology tree English elegy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English elegize From elegy + -ize.

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