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TAKE THE QUIZthrenos
noun
thre·nos
ˈthrēˌnäs
variants
or less commonly threnus
-ēnəs
plural threnoi
-ēˌnȯi
also threni
-ēˌnī
: threnody
especially
: a lyrical lament over a victim of the catastrophe in a tragedy
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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