| ADJECTIVE | pert | elegiac | resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy |
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| all | elegiac | expressing sorrow often for something past |
| Meaning | resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy. | |
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| Example | "an elegiac poem on a friend's death" | |
| Spanish | elegíaco | |
| Nouns | elegy | a mournful poem |
| Meaning | Expressing sorrow often for something past. | |
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| Example | "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals" | |
| Broader | sorrowful | Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss |
| Spanish | elegiaco, elegíaco | |
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