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Elegiac

Noun CEFR B1
ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək

Definitions

A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.

Equivalents

Españolelegiaco
Françaisélégiaque
Deutschelegisch
8 more languages
العربيةرثائي
Catalàelegíac
Suomieleginen
Italianoelegiaco
ქართულიელეგიური
Македонскиелегиски
Polskielegiackielegijny
Portuguêselegíaco

Examples

“His saphics are worse, if possible, than his elegiacs”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

elegiac pentameter elegiast Elegies elegiographer elegist elegit

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