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adjectivethrenodic (not comparable)
- not comparablePertaining or similar to a threnody.
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.
1964, Stanley Sadie, “Cheltenham Festival”, in The Musical Times, volume 105, number 1459, page 673Synonyms: elegiac, threnodial, threnodian
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adjectivePertaining or similar to a threnody.
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