Encomium

Noun

 * 1) Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
 * 2) * 1763, I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums. —, History of Louisiana (1763 tr. of L'Histoire de la Louisiane, 1758) (PG), p. 39
 * 3)  A general category of oratory.
 * 4)  A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
 * 5) The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
 * 6)  A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.
 * 1)  A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.

Thesaurus
acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, approval, citation, commendation, compliment, eulogy, kudos, laud, laudation, magnification, panegyric, plaudits, praise, salutation, tribute

Etymology
From encomium:, from  ἐγκώμιον:, from ἐγκώμιος:, from κῶμος:.

Translations

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 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ylistyspuhe,

Anagrams

 * meconium

Noun

 * 1) An Ancient Greek literary genre of praise.
 * 2)  Dictionary.

Synonyms

 * dictionnaire

Etymology
From ἐγκώμιον:.

Noun

 * 1) Praise, eulogy.

Related terms

 * encōmiographus

Descendants

 * English: