threnodic

Pertaining or similar to a threnody.

Adjective

  1. Pertaining or similar to a threnody.
    • There is a definite poetic impulse here, too: possibly threnodic in character (the work is dedicated to the memory of her mother), but certainly with some elements of darkness and poignancy underlying it. - 1964,...

Origin

Etymology tree English threnody Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English threnodic From threnody + -ic.

Synonyms

elegiac threnodial threnodian

Related

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