Elegiac
Elegiac (?; 277) , adjective
[Latin elegiacus, Greek {not transcribed}: compare French 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.
2.
Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
Elegiac , noun
Elegiac verse.