单词 | dirge |
释义 | dirge[ durj ] / dɜrdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dirge ON THESAURUS.COM nouna funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead. any composition resembling such a song or tune in character, as a poem of lament for the dead or solemn, mournful music: Tennyson's dirge for the Duke of Wellington. a mournful sound resembling a dirge: The autumn wind sang the dirge of summer. Ecclesiastical. the office of the dead, or the funeral service as sung. Origin of dirge1175–1225; Middle English dir(i)ge<Latin: direct, syncopated variant of dīrige (imperative of dīrigere), first word of the antiphon sung in the Latin office of the dead (Psalm V, 8) Words nearby dirgeDiredawa, direful, diremption, dire wolf, direxit, dirge, dirham, dirhem, dirhinous, Dirichlet, dirigible Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dirgeBritish Dictionary definitions for dirgedirge / (dɜːdʒ) / nouna chant of lamentation for the dead the funeral service in its solemn or sung forms any mourning song or melody Derived forms of dirgedirgeful, adjectiveWord Origin for dirgeC13: changed from Latin dīrigē direct (imperative), opening word of the Latin antiphon used in the office of the dead Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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