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threnody|ˈθrɛnədɪ, ˈθriːn-|
[ad. Gr. θρηνῳδία dirge, f. θρῆνος threne + ᾠδή song.]
A song of lamentation; spec. a lament for the dead, a dirge.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 10 They repaire vnto the Sepulchre,..vsing Thrænodies and dolorous complaints. 1647A. Farindon Serm. 34 (L.) The most powerful eloquence is the threnody of a broken heart. 1827Carlyle Misc., Richter (1872) I. 4 Next came threnodies from all the four winds. 1876Stedman Victorian Poets 168 This elegiac poem [In Memoriam], the great threnody of our language.
So threnodial |θriːˈnəʊdɪəl|, threˈnodian, threnodic |-ˈɒdɪk|, threˈnodical adjs., of or pertaining to a threnody, mournful; ˈthrenodist, one who composes or utters a threnody; ˈthrenody v., trans. to mourn in a threnody.
1817Southey Lett. (1856) III. 81, I would..fain be excused from any *threnodial service. 1837― Doctor cxxxiii. IV. 352 This was pretty well for a threnodial flight. But Dr. Watts went farther.
1624Quarles Funeral Elegies Poems (1717) 416 If this *Threnodian story Intend her honour with thy loss of glory.
1891Cent. Dict., *Threnodic.
1881Nation (N.Y.) XXXII. 188 The brief *threnodical essay published at the time of Irving's death.
1827Carlyle Misc., Richter (1872) I. 4 To think of laughing over these unhappy *threnodists and panegyrists. 1832De Quincey Cæsars Wks. 1862 IX. 5 Peace, then, rhetoricians, false threnodists of false liberty!
1893G. Allen Scallywag III. 254 Mr. Solomons, thus *threnodied by the appointed latter⁓day bards,..was buried. |
