threnody
noun/ˈθrenədi/
/ˈθrenədi/
(plural threnodies)
(specialist)- a song, poem, etc. in which you express very sad feelings about somebody who has died or about something that has endedWord Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos ‘wailing’ + ōidē ‘song’.
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