Meaning

1 senses

  1. A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. This elegy follows the traditional elegiac couplet format of classical poetry.

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  2. Tom wrote an elegiac couplet in Latin about Mary.

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Origin

From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeia

From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).

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Forms

plural: elegiacs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eleganceB2elegantB2elegantlyB2elegyelementB1elementalB2

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