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eˈlegiast rare.
[f. elegy, after the analogy of ecclesiast, etc.]
A writer of elegies.
1766Goldsmith Vic. W. xvii. 47 These Elegiasts..are in despair for griefs that give the sensible part of mankind very little pain. 1969Daily Tel. 3 July 20/2 She is the elegiast of bleakness and decay, an original artist of major attainment. |