† elegiousadj.
Obsolete.
Of the nature of an elegy; melancholy, mournful.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adjective] > dirge
elegiacalc1487
elegiac1598
epicedial?c1615
epicedian1623
elegious1624
threnodian1634
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
myriological1848
threnodical1881
threnodic1891
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [adjective] > elegiac
elegiacalc1487
elegiac1598
elegic1603
elegious1624
threnodian1634
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
threnodical1881
threnodic1891
1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies xvii. sig. C Sion laments..instructs her tongue to speake Elegious Dialects.
1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies iv. x. 167 Th'affrighted heav'ns sent down elegious Thunder.
1648 J. Quarles Fons Lachrymarum 116 I gave my pen the priviledg..to compose this Elegious Poem upon his Death.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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