ele·gi·ac /ˌɛləˈʤaɪək, ˌæk ||ɪˈliʤiˌæk/
哀歌,輓歌(a.)哀歌體的,輓歌的
E·le·gi·ac a.
1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. --Mrs. Browning.
2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
E·le·gi·ac n. Elegiac verse.
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elegiac
adj 1: resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy;
"an elegiac poem on a friend's death"
2: expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac
lament for youthful ideals"