[1765–75; eleg(y) + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1765–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backwash, bonus, guidance, mocha, statement-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: Thomist, apologist, machinist, realist, socialist
Examples of 'elegist' in a sentence
elegist
He had never thought of himself as an elegist, but that is what he became.