epicedium

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin epicēdīum.[1] Doublet of epicede.

Noun

epicedium (plural epicedia)

  1. An epicede: a dirge, lament, elegy.

References

  1. ^ “epicedium, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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