elegy

Pronunciation

• (US) (UK) (Canada) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛlɪdʒi/
• Hyphenation: el‧e‧gy

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Noun

Singular elegy

Plural elegies

1. (countable) An elegy is a sad poem about death.

   This elegy on the death of George Washington is very moving.

   I couldn't read the elegy about Washington. It was old-fashioned and too long.

Related words

• elegiac

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