Eloge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eloge is a noun meaning A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died.
Meaning
A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died.
More Meanings
- Specifically, the statement made by a new member of the French Academy about his predecessor.
- (obsolete) An expression of praise.
Example Sentences
In a later éloge, Georges Cuvier called it, with pardonable exaggeration, ‘in some respects the last words of a dying Plato’.
Word Forms
- eloges
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eulogy, glorifier, elogy, extolment, extollment, applaud.
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