different between dirges vs elegy
dirges
English
Noun
dirges
- plural of dirge
Anagrams
- derigs, grides, redigs, ridges
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elegy
English
Etymology
From Middle French elegie, from Latin eleg?a, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ??????? (elegeí?), ellipsis of ??????? ??? (elegeí? ?id?, “an elegiac song”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /??l?d?i/
- Hyphenation: el?e?gy
Noun
elegy (plural elegies)
- A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. [from early 16th c.]
- (music) A composition of mournful character.
- a classical poem written in elegiac meter
Synonyms
- dirge, threnody
Coordinate terms
- requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- eulogy – similar sounding funeral word
Anagrams
- lyege
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