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Elegie.

elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)

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Meaning & usage

noun/eleˈɡiː/
  1. elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).

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