elegious en · ADJ
Meanings
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(obsolete) Melancholy, miserable, plaintive.
If your elegious breath should hap to rouze / A happy tear, close harb'ring in his eye.
1634, Francis Quarles, “Canticles v. 8”, in Emblems, Divine and Moral, book 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more elegious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most elegious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |