monody

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as in elegiac

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  1. elegiac
  2. elegy
  3. dirge
Noun
  • There’s also something a little elegiac about it.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of elegiac
Noun
  • Her works are playful and often ironic, relentlessly experimental and not only genre-bending but form-bending, including Nox (New Directions, 2010), a box containing an accordioned elegy to her estranged brother after his death.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Their books are therefore, in some respects, elegies to a conception of reading and writing which seems to be nearing an end.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of elegy
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  • The film’s turning point is a tragedy during a fight arranged by Frankie, making its second half more of a dirge than a sports film.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Nobody wants to be subjected to one more triggering, off-key note of an Edwin Díaz dirge.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dirge
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