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elegist

elegist noun: a writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse.

Noun

elegist (plural elegists)

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

elegist meaning in Tamil

elegist in Tamil

இரங்கற்பாவலர்

Forms of elegist

pluralelegists

Origin of elegist

From elegy + -ist.

Questions about elegist

What does elegist mean?
Elegist means a writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse.
What is elegist in Tamil?
Elegist in Tamil is இரங்கற்பாவலர். See Elegist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is elegist?
Elegist is a noun.
What is the plural of elegist?
The plural of elegist is elegists.

Words near elegist in the dictionary

  1. elegious
  2. elegise
  3. elegised
  4. elegises
  5. elegising
  6. elegist
  7. elegists
  8. elegit
  9. elegits
  10. elegization
  11. elegize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elegist (page history and authors); elegist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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