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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dirge /dɜrdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancea funeral song to mourn and honor the dead:a slow, sad, ancient Irish dirge.
- Music and Danceanything that resembles such a song, such as a poem of sorrow for the dead.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dirge (dûrj),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- Music and Danceany 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.
- Religion[Eccles.]the office of the dead, or the funeral service as sung.
- Latin: direct, syncopated variant of dīrige (imperatire. of dīrigere), first word of the antiphon sung in the Latin office of the dead (Psalm V, 8)
- Middle English dir(i)ge 1175–1225
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dirge /dɜːdʒ/ n - a chant of lamentation for the dead
- the funeral service in its solemn or sung forms
- any mourning song or melody
Etymology: 13th Century: changed from Latin dīrigē direct (imperative), opening word of the Latin antiphon used in the office of the deadˈdirgeful adj |