# dirge

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɜːdʒ/ · frequency rank #60,769

## Definitions
1. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
2. A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.

## Etymology
From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dirge