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TUIL

[noun]

a bunch of flowers; bouquet.

Etymology: Dutch.

[James R. Eads]

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ELEGY

[noun]

1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

2. a poem written in elegiac meter.

3. a sad or mournful musical composition.

Etymology: from Latin elegīa < Greek elegeía, originally neuter plural of elegeîos, “elegiac”, equivalent to éleg(os), “a lament”.

[Lenka Simeckova]

Mort

MORIOR

[verb]

1. to die, wither away, decay. 

2. I die.

3. I wither; I decay.

Etymology: Latin, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- “to die”.

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The Madonna and Child with Infant St. John and Children, 16th century Sarto, Andrea del(workshop of) Tempera and oil on wood panel Overall: 124.5 x 91.4 cm Gift of Reuben Wells Leonard Estate, 1951 © 2014 Art Gallery of Ontario

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