- a mournful or plaintive poem or song, esp a lament for the dead
- poetry or a poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
el•e•gy /ˈɛlɪdʒi/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -gies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Poetrya mournful, melancholy, or sad poem, esp. one written for the dead.
el•e•gy
(el′i jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies.
- Poetrya mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
- Poetrya poem written in elegiac meter.
- Music and Dancea sad or mournful musical composition.
- Greek elegeía, origin, originally neuter plural of elegeîos elegiac, equivalent. to éleg(os) a lament + -eios adjective, adjectival suffix
- Latin elegīa
- Middle French)
- (1505–15
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elegy /ˈɛlɪdʒɪ/ n ( pl -gies)
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