Clues for the word "ELEGIAC"
We've had 17 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 21 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on March 04, 2026.
Definition of elegiac
- a. - Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
- a. - Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
- n. - Elegiac verse.
Referring Clues
- Mournful
- Like a Thomas Gray work
- Melancholy
- Like Berg's "Violin Concerto"
- Like some of Thomas Gray's poetry
- Sorrowful
- Plaintive
- Upsets Alice, for example, describing poetry
- Mournful blend of gale and ice
- Gray mood caused smart worker to leave 1 ac.
- Sad about eg Celia or Alice
- Mournful essayist's written about, say, a hundred
- Valedictory
- Lamenting
- Doleful, the Spanish setter interrupts rising composer
- Like a mournful poem
- Mournful, as poetry
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - March 04, 2026
- LA Times - April 28, 2023
- New York Times - June 20, 2022
- Guardian Prize - October 24, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - February 17, 2015
- Guardian Speedy - January 07, 2007
- Guardian Speedy - December 24, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - November 24, 2006
- New York Times - May 09, 2006
- Guardian Quick - September 03, 2005
- New York Times - May 06, 2005
- Guardian Cryptic - August 03, 2004
- Washington Post - March 24, 2004
- Guardian Cryptic - June 24, 2003
- Washington Post - April 27, 2003
- New York Times - October 12, 2002
- Guardian Cryptic - January 23, 2001
- New York Times - April 29, 1999
- New York Times - December 24, 1998
- New York Times - December 22, 1997
- New York Times - March 27, 1997