| \ep-uh-SEE-dee-uhm, -si-DAHY-uh m \ |
noun
1. a funeral song; dirge. |
| Quotes |
Performing The Queen’s Epicedium, an ornate funeral lament, Bostridge seemed to sing from his gut as he let the sliding melodies move his body in a kind of visceral dance.
-- Sophia Vastek, "Bostridge and friends deliver a memorable evening of Britten’s music,"New York Classical Review, October 21, 2013 |
| Origin |
| Epicedium entered English in the late 1500s. It stems from the Greek word epikḗdeion, the noun form of an adjective meaning "of a funeral." |
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