单词 | elegiac |
释义 | elegiac adj. & n. --adj   1. (of a metre) used for elegies.   2. mournful. --n (in pl.) verses in an elegiac metre. Phrases and idioms elegiac couplet a pair of lines consisting of a dactylic hexameter and a pentameter, esp. in Greek and Latin verse. Derivatives elegiacally adv. Etymology: F {eacute}l{eacute}giaque or f. LL elegiacus f. Gk elegeiakos: see ELEGY |
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