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   El·e·gy

   /ˈeləjē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
   • 2. (in Greek and Roman poetry) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from French élégie, or via Latin, from Greek elegeia, from elegos ‘mournful poem’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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