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elegiac

Postby William Hupy » Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:47 pm

Is this word used by ANYONE other than former English majors who studied poetry?
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Re: elegiac

Postby Slava » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:25 pm

Sure, why not? I can easily see musicians using it to describe lachrymose dirges.
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