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elegiac
adjective
expressing sorrow often for something past
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ˌɛləˈdʒaɪək
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adjective
expressing sorrow often for something past
“an elegiac lament for youthful ideals”
adjective
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
“an elegiac poem on a friend's death”
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an elegiac lament for youthful ideals
an elegiac poem on a friend's death