'Elegies' definitions:
Definition of 'Elegies'
From: GCIDE
- Elegy \El"e*gy\, n.; pl. Elegies. [L. elegia, Gr. ?, fem. sing. (cf. ?, prop., neut. pl. of ? a distich in elegiac verse), fr. ? elegiac, fr. ? a song of mourning.] A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. --Shak. [1913 Webster]