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encomium

noun
/ɛŋˈkəʊ.mɪ.əm/UK/ɛnˈkoʊ.mɪ.əm/US

Etymology

From Latin encōmium (“praise, eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (enkṓmion, “laudatory ode, praise”), from ἐγκώμιος (enkṓmios, “of or pertaining to the victor”), from κῶμος (kômos, “festival, revel, ode”).

  1. derived from ἐγκώμιον
  2. derived from encōmium

Definitions

  1. Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise

    Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

    • 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.
    • "I never seen their like," was Lassiter's encomium, "an' in my day I've seen a sight of horses."

  2. A general category of oratory.

  3. A method within rhetorical pedagogy.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.

    2. A genre of literature that included five elements

      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.

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