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Meaning of "elegiac" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ELEGIAC

elegiac  [ˌɛlɪˈdʒaɪək] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELEGIAC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elegiac can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ELEGIAC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Elegiac

Elegiac refers either generally to compositions that are like elegies or specifically to Greek and Latin poetry composed in elegiac couplets, in which a line of dactylic hexameter is followed by a line of dactylic pentameter. Because the hexameter line is in the same meter as epic poetry and because the elegiac form was always considered lower style than epic, elegists frequently wrote with epic in mind and positioned themselves in relation to epic.

Definition of elegiac in the English dictionary

The first definition of elegiac in the dictionary is resembling, characteristic of, relating to, or appropriate to an elegy. Other definition of elegiac is lamenting; mournful; plaintive. Elegiac is also denoting or written in elegiac couplets or elegiac stanzas.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELEGIAC

electuaries
electuary
eledoisin
eleemosynary
elegance
elegancies
elegancy
elegant
elegantly
elegiac couplet
elegiac stanza
elegiacal
elegiacally
elegiast
elegies
elegise
elegist
elegit
elegize
elegy

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELEGIAC

aphrodisiac
brainiac
cardiac
celiac
egomaniac
guaiac
iliac
insomniac
intracardiac
kleptomaniac
maniac
Mauriac
nymphomaniac
orgiac
paradisiac
sex maniac
sign of the zodiac
Syriac
triac
zodiac

Synonyms and antonyms of elegiac in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ELEGIAC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «elegiac» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of elegiac

Translation of «elegiac» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELEGIAC

Find out the translation of elegiac to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elegiac from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elegiac» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

祭文
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elegíaco
570 millions of speakers

English

elegiac
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शोक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رثائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

элегической
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elegíaco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

করুণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

élégiaque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elegiac
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

elegisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エレジー風の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

애조
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elegiac
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về bi ca
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எலிஜியாக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्ठुर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hüzünlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elegiaco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

elegijny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

елегійного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

elegiac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελεγειακή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

elegiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

elegiac
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

elegisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elegiac

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELEGIAC»

The term «elegiac» is regularly used and occupies the 108.304 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELEGIAC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elegiac

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELEGIAC»

Discover the use of elegiac in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elegiac and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Elegiac Feelings American
Reproduced in facsimile from Corso's handwritten sheets, his marginal decorations, drawings and glyphs are included. The balance of the book is drawn from his shorter poems.
Gregory Corso, 1970
2
The Elegiac Passion: Jealousy in Roman Love Elegy
The Elegiac Passion is a study of the central role of jealousy in Roman love elegy, both the detailed ways in which it is represented and the ramifications of these features for the nature of the genre itself.
Ruth Rothaus Caston, 2012
3
Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry: An Anthology of New Translations
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Diane J. Rayor, William Wendell Batstone, 1995
4
Greek elegiac poetry: from the seventh to the fifth ...
Also notable in this volume is the martial verse of the Spartan Tyrtaeus and the poetry of Solon, Athens' famous lawmaker.
Douglas E. Gerber, 1999
5
The Old English Elegies: A Critical Edition and Genre Study
Klinck analyses the poems' manuscript context in the Exeter Book - along with their possible dates and dialectal provenance, and the main critical problems they raise - and presents the texts with detailed textual notes and an apparatus ...
Anne L. Klinck, 2001
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The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Horace and the Elegiac ...
Horace and the Elegiac Poets William Young Sellar W. P. Ker. Ch. I.] AMATORY POETS. mention also of what must have been a book of elegies under the name of Perilla, of which a Metella was the heroine and Ticida the author. Propertius (ii.
William Young Sellar, W. P. Ker, 2010
7
John Wordsworth on Snowdon: The Elegiac Sublime and the ...
William Wordsworth was mourning for his brother, John Wordsworth, when he finished The Prelude (1805).
Michael David Raymond, 2008
8
Catullus in Verona: A Reading of the Elegiac Libellus, Poems ...
Purportedly issued from the poet's native city, Verona, to his Roman readership, the volume presents itself as a valedictory. This reading of the elegiac collection represents a major departure in Catullan studies.
Marilyn B. Skinner, 2003
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Standing by the Ruins: Elegiac Humanism in Wartime and ...
Its cultural output has both mediated and resisted this rise. Standing by the Ruins reviews the role of culture in supporting sectarianism, yet argues for the emergence of a distinctive aesthetic of resistance to it.
Ken Seigneurie, 2011
10
The Roman elegiac poets
It is more than probable that Ennius, whose place as the father of Roman poetry has not been disputed for two millenniums, was responsible for the introduction into Latin of the elegiac distich as well as the heroic hexameter. The three ...
Karl Pomeroy Harrington, 1914

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELEGIAC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elegiac is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Karlovy Vary Film Review: 'Song of Songs'
The opening frames of Neymann's film set viewers up for a more sentimentally elegiac examination of time and place than the measured one it ... «Variety, Jul 15»
2
At Cemetery Junction
... would be very much on trend); though it looks to be a festive occasion, it is hard to resist the elegiac mode of the music the BFI has supplied: ... «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
3
Love and loss as examined by Mahler, Bernstein
... year, Mahler wrote orchestral songs that swing between the ecstatic and the elegiac, celebrating the beauty of life and contemplating its end. «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jul 15»
4
A Month in the Country review: Getting a grip on some love angles
Love is a game with uncertain rules and ruinous consequences in Brian Friel's delicately amusing and elegiac version of Turgenev's play, first ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
5
A summer spectacle with a provocative message
... a superb, clear sound that brings full-throated authenticity to celebratory tunes like “Camptown Races,” elegiac tenderness to “Gentle Annie” ... «Louisville Eccentric Observer, Jul 15»
6
Joubert: Concerto in Two Movements op.171. R. Simpson: Cello …
Whereas the overall mood of Joubert's concerto is elegiac, Christopher Wright's, written the same year and prompted by the summer riots in ... «The Strad, Jul 15»
7
'Impressionism and the Caribbean: Francisco Oller and His …
Two marvelous pictures—part of a projected, unfinished series of five—of sugar plantations movingly attest to his elegiac temperament. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
8
Blur's Alex James on band's fascination with Hong Kong food and …
Ice Cream Man contains references to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, while the elegiac My Terracotta Heart and the wistful ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
9
A different take on Sherlock Holmes
... rather an adaptation of the interesting Mitch Cullens 2005 novel A Slight Trick of the Mind, which takes an almost elegiac look at the character ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
10
Album Review: Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
The elegiac LP felt unabashedly honest and sincere, establishing Isbell as one of the most talented and truthful songwriters on the scene. Now ... «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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