ELEGIAC
Scrabble letter values: E1L1E1G2I1A1C3 = 10
Definition
- adjective resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
- adjective expressing sorrow often for something past.
Examples
- “an elegiac poem on a friend's death”
- “an elegiac lament for youthful ideals”
- “the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter”