Word:
Dirge
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
A slow song that expresses sadness or sorrow
Examples:
1) a song or hymn of grief or lamentation; especially : one intendedto accompany funeral or memorial rites
2) a slow, solemn and mournful piece of music
3) something (as a poem) that has the qualities of a dirge
Sentence:
They played a haunting dirge at the funeral for the fallen leader.
Origin:
From Middle English dirige which means 'the Office of the Dead'.
First use:
13th century
Synonyms:
elegy, lament, requiem, threnody
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