ELEGIST

elegist

(noun) the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

elegist (plural elegists)

A writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse

Anagrams

• elegits

Source: Wiktionary


El"e*gist, n.

Definition: A write of elegies. T. Warton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 May 2025

UNSEASONED

(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”


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