elegy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
    lament.

WordNet

El"e*gy noun
Etymology
L. elegia, Gr. , fem. sing. (cf. , prop., neut. pl. of a distich in elegiac verse), fr. elegiac, fr. a song of mourning.
Wordforms
plural Elegies
Definitions
  1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. Shak.

Webster 1913