dirge
Meanings
Noun
- A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
- A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
Verb
- To sing dirges
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Origin
- From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige ("steer, direct"), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. dirige.
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