epicedium
epicedium noun. [ɛpɪ'si:dɪǝm] Pl. -ia [-ɪǝ], -iums. Also (earlier, now rare) Anglicized as epicede ['ɛpɪsi:d], (now rare) in Greek form as epicedion [ɛpɪ'si:dɪǝn].
Irregular Forms: (pl) epicedia
epicedium noun.
[ɛpɪ'si:dɪǝm] Pl. -ia
[-ɪǝ], -iums. Also (earlier, now
rare) Anglicized as epicede
['ɛpɪsi:d], (now
rare) in Greek form as epicedion
[ɛpɪ'si:dɪǝn].
M16.[Latin from Greek epikēdeion use as noun of neut. of epikēdeios funeral (adjective), formed as EPI- + kēdos care, grief, mourning.]A funeral ode.
■ epicedial adjective M17. ■ epicedian adjective & noun (a) adjective funereal, elegiac;
(b) noun =
EPICEDIUM:
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