dirge

Pronunciation: /dɜːdʒ/

The English word “dirge” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.

verb

To sing dirges

Etymology

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. Doublet of dirige.

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