El″e‐gy (?), n.; pl.Elegies (#). [L. elegia, Gr. �, fem. sing. (cf. �, prop., neut. pl. of � a distich in elegiac verse), fr. � elegiac, fr. � a song of mourning.] A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. Shak.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.