elegiast
/ɛˈliːdʒɪast/ /ɛləˈdʒʌɪast/noun
A writer of elegies; an elegist.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Casuist. Irregularly from elegy + -ist, after elegiac, elegiacal, on the model of agent nouns in -ast.
- Chinese lantern
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- Chinese leaves
- Chinese mitten crab
- Chinese New Year
- Chinese puzzle
- Chinese red
- Chinese restaurant syndrome
- Chinese wall
- Chinese water chestnut
- Chinese water deer
- Chinese whispers
- Chinese white
- ching
- Ch'ing
- Chinglish
- Chin Hills
- chink
- chinkapin
- chinkara
- Chinkiang
- Chinky
- chinless
- chinless wonder
- chin music