elegiac
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Adjective meaning sorrowful or nostalgic, the focus of the episode’s discussion
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentPeter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · elegiac · 1:49 · yesterday
…As you may have guessed, another descendant of elegion in English is elegy, which in its oldest sense refers to a poem in elegiac couplets, and now can also refer to a somewhat broader range of laments for something or someone that is now lost.…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · elegiac · 1:20 · yesterday
…Elegiac was borrowed into English in the 15th century from the late Latin adjective elegiacus, which in turn comes from the Greek word elegiakos.…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · elegiac · 1:04 · yesterday
…Just how much they say has never been definitively quantified, but it is notable that English has the perfect adjective, elegiac, to describe things that are sorrowful or nostalgic in ways that suggest poetic and musical tearjerkers.…
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