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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AGITATION

(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”


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