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   dirge

   /dəːdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.
   • ▪ a mournful song, piece of music, or sound: "singers chanted dirges"
   • ▪ a song or piece of music that is considered too slow, miserable, or boring: "after his ten-minute dirge, the audience booed"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting the Office for the Dead): from Latin dirige! (imperative) ‘direct!’, the first word of an antiphon (Ps. 5:8) formerly used in the Latin Office for the Dead.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dirgeful adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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