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elegy

noun
🔊/ˈelədʒi/
🔊/ˈelədʒi/
(plural elegies)
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  1. a poem or song that expresses sad feelings, especially for somebody who has died挽诗；挽歌；哀歌Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French élégie, or via Latin, from Greek elegeia, from elegos ‘mournful poem’.