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Webster 1913 Edition


Epicedian

Epˊi-ce′di-an

,
Adj.
Epicedial.
Noun.
An epicede.

Webster 1828 Edition


Epicedian

EPICE'DIAN

,
Adj.
Elegiac; mournful.

Definition 2024


epicedian

epicedian

English

Adjective

epicedian (comparative more epicedian, superlative most epicedian)

  1. epicedial
    • 1906, O. Henry, The Skylight Room
      I pray you let the drama halt while Chorus stalks to the footlights and drops an epicedian tear upon the fatness of Mr. Hoover.

Translations

Noun

epicedian (plural epicedians)

  1. An epicede.