elegiac
adjective
[ ˌɛlɪˈdʒʌɪək ]
• relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
• "haunting and elegiac poems"
elegiac
noun
• verses in an elegiac metre.
Origin:
late 16th century: from French élégiaque, or via late Latin, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeia (see elegy).
