Definitions for elegist

elegist el·e·gist

Spelling: [el-i-jist]
IPA: /ˈɛl ɪ dʒɪst/

Elegist is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in elegist (eegilst).

Definitions for elegist

noun

  1. the author of an elegy.

Origin of elegist

First recorded in 1765-75; eleg(y) + -ist

Examples for elegist

Among this group was Bouilhet, the elegist, the poet of moonlight and ruins.

This we have already seen was what the elegist had learnt to do.

Cohen is still our elegist for the ages, even when his song spanned several cultural moments.

This, however, is not the line of reflections followed by the elegist in the present instance.

It has been suggested with probability that by the expression "the beauty of Israel" the elegist intended to indicate the temple.

God is always in the thoughts of the elegist, and that is why He is not named.

The fashion demanded that the elegist be learned in Greek mythology.

Like the muezzin on his minaret, the elegist calls to prayer.

The elegist does not attempt to deny this, or to minimise the fact.

The elegist deplores this grievance as part of the reproach of his people.

Word Value for elegist
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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