threnodic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]threnodic (not comparable)
- Pertaining or similar to a threnody.
- 1964, Stanley Sadie, “Cheltenham Festival”, in The Musical Times, volume 105, number 1459, page 673:
- There is a definite poetic impulse here, too: possibly threnodic in character (the work is dedicated to the memory of her mother), but certainly with some elements of darkness and poignancy underlying it.