elegiac
Meaning of elegiac
noun
A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
adjective- Of or relating to an elegy.
the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter
- Expressing sorrow or mourning.
Information about elegiac
- The plural form of elegiac is: elegiacs.
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Hyphenation of elegiac
ele-giac
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- elegiac is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
elegiac synonyms
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