dirge
A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased personA mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
» Tom composed a dirge for Mary.
Meaning
2 sensesA mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
Klagelied, Trauersang, Grabsang
погреба́льная песньpogrebálʹnaja pesnʹ, панихи́даpanixída, ре́квиемrékvijem
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
(informal)A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
Examples
4 sentencesTom composed a dirge for Mary.
Fittingly, her last composition was a dirge.
Tom composed a dirge to honor the late emperor.
When I first tried to play the dirge, I only got through a dozen measures before breaking down in tears.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of theFrom Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige.
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