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5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
originFrom Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0