Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - elegy
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Elegy
elegy
noun (plural -gies) Etymology: Latin elegia poem in elegiac couplets, from Greek elegeia, elegeion, from elegos song of mourning Date: 1501 1. a poem in elegiac couplets 2. a. a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead b. something (as a speech) resembling such a song or poem 3. a. a pensive or reflective poem that is usually nostalgic or melancholy b. a short pensive musical composition
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a song of lament, esp. for the dead (sometimes vaguely used of other poems). 2 a poem in elegiac metre. Etymology: F {eacute}l{eacute}gie or L elegia f. Gk elegeia f. elegos mournful poem ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. элегия 2. стихотворение, написанное элегическим дистихом 3. погребальная песнь; плач 4. муз. элегия 5. надгробная речь (также funeral elegy) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
(elegies) An elegy is a sad poem, often about someone who has died. ...a touching elegy for a lost friend. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a poem or song written to show sadness for someone or something that no longer exists (an elegy to Lenny's memory) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1514, from M.Fr. elegie, from L. elegia, from Gk. elegeia, ult. from elegos "poem, song," perhaps from a Phrygian word. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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