noun
Meaning 1
A writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
elegist
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noun
Meaning 2
the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: poet
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English elegy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English elegist From elegy + -ist.
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- Italian: elegista — Translations