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dirge

/dɝd͡ʒ/

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What does dirge mean?

noun

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

verb

  1. To sing dirges

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IPA pronunciation

/dɝd͡ʒ/

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It began softly, but it presently grew louder, and as it increased it became more of a wail and a dirge.
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177
He awoke that worthy from sleep about twelve o’clock by singing his death dirge upon the roof of the log cabin.
Charles A. EastmanIndian Heroes and Great ChieftainsProject Gutenberg ebook #336
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Miss Mills was conversational for a few minutes, and then, laying down her pen upon ‘Affection’s Dirge’, got up, and left the room.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
She did not answer, but went on, in a tone which was a soliloquy rather than an exclamation, and a dirge rather than a soliloquy.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
While this was being done the old, old gins danced slowly a corroboree step round the edge of the grave, crooning a Goohnai-wurrai or dirge.
K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) ParkerThe Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in AustraliaProject Gutenberg ebook #3819