Word: elegiac
Category: elegiac
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Synonyms: elegiac
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: elegiac
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french
Translations:
élégiaque
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russian
Translations:
элегический, грустный
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finnish
Translations:
kaihomielinen
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czech
Translations:
elegický
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polish
Translations:
elegijny
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hungarian
Translations:
elégikus
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greek
Translations:
ελεγειακός
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ukrainian
Translations:
елегійний
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estonian
Translations:
eleegiline
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slovak
Translations:
elegický
The meaning and "use of": elegiac
adjective
- (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality. - the movie score is a somber effort, elegiac in its approach
- verses in an elegiac meter. - Translated, these Latin elegiacs mean: Breasts, O mother, milk and life thou didst give.
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