English-Thai Dictionary

elegiac

ADJ โดย แสดง ความเศร้า โศก  โดย แสดง ความเสียใจ  mournful sorrowful doi-sa-daeng-kwam-sao-sok

 

elegiac

N บทกลอน แสดง ความเศร้า โศก เสียใจ  bod-klon-sa-daeng-kwam-sao-sok-sia-jai

 

elegiacal

A ที่ เศร้าโศก ไว้อาลัย 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELEGIAC

a.[Low L. elegiacus. See Elegy. ] Belonging to elegy; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. 1. Used in elegies. Pentameter verse is elegiac.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELEGIAC

E *le "gi *ac, a. Etym: [L. elegiacus, Gr. élégiaque. 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.

 

ELEGIAC

ELEGIAC E *le "gi *ac, n.

 

Defn: Elegiac verse.

 

ELEGIACAL

ELEGIACAL El `e *gi "a *cal, a.

 

Defn: Elegiac.

 

ELEGIAST

ELEGIAST E *le "gi *ast, n.

 

Defn: One who composes elegies. Goldsmith.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

elegiac

el e gi ac |ˌeləˈjīək, eˈlējēˌak ˈˌɛləˈˌʤaɪək | ▶adjective (esp. of a work of art ) having a mournful quality: the movie score is a somber effort, elegiac in its approach. • wistfully mournful. ▶plural noun (elegiacs ) verses in an elegiac meter. DERIVATIVES el e gi a cal ly |ˌeləˈjīək (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French élégiaque, or via late Latin, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeia (see elegy ).

 

elegiac couplet

el e gi ac cou plet |ˈˌɛləˈˌʤaɪək | ▶noun a pair of lines consisting of a dactylic hexameter and a pentameter, esp. in Greek and Latin verse.

 

elegiac stanza

el e gi ac stan za ▶noun a quatrain in iambic pentameter rhymed abab. Compare with heroic stanza .

 

Oxford Dictionary

elegiac

elegiac |ˌɛlɪˈdʒʌɪək | ▶adjective relating to or characteristic of an elegy: haunting and elegiac poems. • wistfully mournful. ▶plural noun (elegiacs ) verses in an elegiac metre. DERIVATIVES elegiacally adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French élégiaque, or via late Latin, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeia (see elegy ).

 

elegiac couplet

ele |giac coup |let ▶noun a pair of lines consisting of a dactylic hexameter and a pentameter, especially in Greek and Latin verse.

 

elegiac stanza

el e gi ac stan za ▶noun a quatrain in iambic pentameter rhymed abab. Compare with heroic stanza .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

elegiac

elegiac adjective an elegiac piece for small orchestra: mournful, melancholic, melancholy, plaintive, sorrowful, sad, lamenting, doleful; funereal, dirgelike; nostalgic, valedictory, poignant; literary dolorous. ANTONYMS cheerful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

elegiac

elegiac adjective a movingly elegiac piece for small orchestra: mournful, melancholic, melancholy, plaintive, sorrowful, sad, lamenting, doleful; funereal, dirgelike; touching, moving, poignant; literary dolorous; rare threnodic, threnodial. ANTONYMS cheerful.

 

Spanish Dictionary

elegía

elegía nombre femenino Composición poética del género lírico en la que se lamenta la muerte de una persona u otra desgracia y que no tiene una forma métrica fija .

 

elegiaco, -ca

elegiaco, -ca o elegíaco, -ca adjetivo 1 De la elegía o relacionado con ella :poema elegiaco; canto elegíaco .2 Que es triste y lastimero .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

elegiac

el e gi ac /èlɪdʒáɪək /形容詞 ｟文 ｠1 (人の死などに対して )哀愁を帯びた, 悲しい .2 〈詩などが 〉挽歌 （ばんか ）(形式 )の .