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Elegiac
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
(2):
(n.) Elegiac verse.
(3):
(a.) Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Elegiac'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/elegiac.html. 1828.