Definitions

1. adjective

Relating to or characteristic of elegy; having six feet of dactyls and a trochee, or other variation of this pattern, in each line.

“The poet’s elegiambic verse captured the melancholy mood of the dying empress.”

2. noun

A line of poetry that follows the elegiambic meter.

“The poem consisted of numerous elegiambic lines that conveyed the poet’s sorrow.”