- elegy, eulogy
- The first is a mournful poem; the second is a tribute to the dead.
Dictionary of troublesome word. Bill Bryson. 2013.
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elegy, eulogy — The first is a mournful poem; the second is a tribute to the dead … Dictionary of troublesome word
eulogy — elegy, eulogy An elegy was originally a lament for the dead, of which literary examples are Milton s Lycidas (1637) and Shelley s Adonais (1821). In the course of time, it came to mean any sorrowful poem or one written in the metre associated… … Modern English usage
elegy — elegy, eulogy An elegy was originally a lament for the dead, of which literary examples are Milton s Lycidas (1637) and Shelley s Adonais (1821). In the course of time, it came to mean any sorrowful poem or one written in the metre associated… … Modern English usage
elegy — , eulogy The first is a mournful poem; the second is a tribute to the dead … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Elegy — The term elegy was originally used for a type of poetic meter (Elegiac metre), but is also used for a poem of mourning, from the Greek elegos , a reflection on the death of someone or on a sorrow generally which is a form of lyric poetry. An… … Wikipedia
Eulogy — A eulogy is a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing. The word is derived from the Greek word εὐλογία (eulogia), meaning praise (εὐ meaning good or well and λογος meaning word, phrase, speech, etc).The term eulogy may refer to a funeral … Wikipedia
elegy — Synonyms and related words: English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, alba, anacreontic, balada, ballad, ballade, bucolic, canso, chanson, clerihew, coronach, dead march,… … Moby Thesaurus
eulogy — Synonyms and related words: acclaim, acclamation, accolade, address, adulation, after dinner speech, allocution, apotheosis, applause, bepraisement, burial service, chalk talk, citation, commendation, compliment, congratulation, coronach, dead… … Moby Thesaurus
elegy — el|e|gy [ˈelıdʒi] n plural elegies [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: elegia] a sad poem or song, especially about someone who has died →↑eulogy … Dictionary of contemporary English
eulogy — [ ju:lədʒi] noun (plural eulogies) a speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly. Origin ME: from med. L. eulogium, eulogia (from Gk eulogia praise ), appar. influenced by L. elogium inscription on a tomb (from Gk elegia elegy ) … English new terms dictionary
