elegiac
/ˌɛlɪˈdʒaɪək/
adjective
- Expressing sadness or mourning, especially about something that is lost or past.
- The poem had an elegiac tone, mourning the loss of a beloved friend.
- Her elegiac speech at the memorial moved everyone to tears.
- The old photographs gave the evening an elegiac feeling of times gone by.
- Relating to or characteristic of an elegy (a poem of mourning).
- The poet is famous for his elegiac verses written after the war.
- Elegiac poetry often uses a specific meter called elegiac couplets.
- She studied ancient Greek elegiac traditions in her literature class.