Found 2 items, similar to elegiac.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: elegiac elegiac adj 1: resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; “an elegiac poem on a friend's death” 2: expressing sorrow often for something past; “an elegiac lament for youthful ideals”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Elegiac Elegiac \E*le"gi*ac\, n. Elegiac verse. [1913 Webster] Elegiac \E*le"gi*ac\ (?; 277), a. [L. elegiacus, Gr. ?: cf. F. ['e]l['e]giaque. See Elegy.] 1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. [1913 Webster] Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] 2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter. [1913 Webster]