Encomiastic

/ɛnkoʊmiˈæstɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

Of or relating to an encomiast..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or relating to an encomiast.
2. Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.
3. A panegyric.

Example Sentences

an encomiastic address or discourse

[H]is Excellency began drinking wine forthwith and gazing round upon the company, now with the most wonderful frowns, and anon with the blandest smiles, and hiccupped remarks encomiastic of the drink which he was imbibing.

As Philodemus indicated in antiquity, encomia of Busiris [by Isocrates] belong to this category of "paradoxical" or "adoxographic" treatises, which flourished in nearly all periods of ancient Greek literature. These were speeches written in the encomiastic style on subjects that were immediately recognizable to ancient audiences as vile, trivial, ridiculous, or otherwise unsuited to praise.

I thank you , Master Compass, for your short Encomiastic

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• more encomiastic
• most encomiastic
• encomiastics

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