dirge
Pronunciation: /dəːdʒ/
noun
- a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.
- a mournful song, piece of music, or sound: singers chanted dirges figurative the wind howled dirges around the chimney
- informal a song or piece of music that is considered too slow, miserable, or boring: after his ten-minute dirge, the audience booed
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