threnodic en · ADJ
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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, Stanley Sadie, “Cheltenham Festival”, in The Musical Times, volume 105, number 1459, page 673: