Meaning
Elegiac is an adjective that means mournful, sad, or expressing a nostalgic longing for a time or thing in the past.
relating to or similar to an elegy (= a sad poem or song, especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past):
- She is a talented poet and it shows in her elegiac prose.
- The music is elegiac and pessimistic but also passionately eloquent and uplifting.
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