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adjective • resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy adjective satellite • expressing sorrow often for something past | ||||||||
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noun • a mournful poem; a lament for the dead | ||||||||
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1 | A mournful or plaintive poem, song, or musical composition | |
2 | A plaintive poem | |
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09 Apr 1982 | New York Times / 09 Apr 1982 |
6 | Plaintive poem
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