threnodic
Pertaining or similar to a threnody.
Adjective
- 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.