Word: elegy

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Synonyms: elegy

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: elegy

elegy in spanish

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spanish
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elegía

elegy in german

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german
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klagelied

elegy in french

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french
Translations:
élégie

elegy in russian

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russian
Translations:
элегия, дума

elegy in swedish

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swedish
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elegi

elegy in finnish

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finnish
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kaihoruno

elegy in danish

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danish
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klagesang, elegi

elegy in czech

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czech
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elegie

elegy in polish

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polish
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elegia

elegy in hungarian

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hungarian
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elégia

elegy in greek

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greek
Translations:
ελεγεία

elegy in ukrainian

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ukrainian
Translations:
елегія

elegy in estonian

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estonian
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eleegia

elegy in croatian

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croatian
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elegija

elegy in lithuanian

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lithuanian
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elegija

elegy in latvian

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latvian
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elēģija

elegy in romanian

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romanian
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elegie

The meaning and "use of": elegy

noun
  • a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. - Addison was buried in Westminster Abbey, and lamented in an elegy by Tickell.
  • (in Greek and Roman poetry) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius. - Originally, the Greek elegy expressed grief; but the form broadened widely with Latin adaptations, such as Ovid's love elegies, Amores, to include almost any kind of subject.

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