E*le"gi*ac [L. elegiacus, Gr. : cf. F. 'el'egiaque. See Elegy.]
1.
Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
Elegiac griefs, and songs of love.
Mrs. Browning.
2.
Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
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E*le"gi*ac (?), n.
Elegiac verse.
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