Of or pertaining to a funeral poem or elegy; characteristic of mourning poetry and funeral songs.
From 'epicedia' + Latin suffix '-an' (relating to). A less common variant of 'epicedial,' used similarly in classical and literary scholarship to describe elegiac composition.
This term was more popular among Victorian scholars who loved studying classical Greek mourning rituals and trying to recreate the 'epicedian' style in their own funeral poetry tributes.
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