2syllables
elegiac
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Definitions ofelegiac
1noun
- A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
1adjective
- Of or relating to an elegy.
Example: "the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter"
- Expressing sorrow or mourning.
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