epicede

/ˈɛpɪsiːd/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin epicēdīon, from Ancient Greek ἐπικήδειον (epikḗdeion), neuter singular form of ἐπικήδειος (epikḗdeios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κῆδος (kêdos, “care”). Doublet of epicedium.

epicede means an elegy; an ode to someone deceased. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

EPICEDE — [Noun] A formal, public funeral ode or elegy composed to honor a deceased person. Learned borrowing from Latin epicēdīon, from Ancient Greek ἐπικήδειον (epikḗdeion), from ἐπί (epí, "upon") + κῆδος (kêdos, "care, sorrow, funeral rite"). Unlike an elegy, which broadens into meditative sorrow on mortality, or a dirge, which narrows to a raw, melodic wail for the procession, an epicede is a structured, literary monument crafted for the occasion. It is the chiseled marble of syntax read in a hushed chapel, the measured tread of hexameters around a bier, the bound volume left closed on a mahogany desk—a final, formal act of care for the one beyond caring.

noun

An elegy; an ode to someone deceased.“"This epicede, longer and more ornate than that issued two years before on Prince Henry, is neither much worse nor much better in substance and in style."”