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encomium

[ en-koh-mee-uh m ]

/ ɛnˈkoʊ mi əm /

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noun, plural en·co·mi·ums, en·co·mi·a [en-koh-mee-uh] /ɛnˈkoʊ mi ə/.

a formal expression of high praise; eulogy: An encomium by the president greeted the returning hero.

Origin of encomium

1580–90; < Latin < Greek enkṓmion, equivalent to en- en-² + kôm(os) a revel + -ion noun suffix

Words nearby encomium

encoding, encoignure, encolpion, encomiast, encomienda, encomium, encompass, encopresis, encore, encounter, encounter group

Example sentences from the Web for encomium

I think he stopped earning that encomium in about the summer of 2000.

Ralph Nader Has Truly Lost It |Michael Tomasky |July 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The words which I have spoken, you, Phædrus, may call an encomium of Love or anything else which you please.

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece |Various
Such is an abstract of the character which Francesco terms but an atom of the encomium due to his patron.

Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume I (of 3) |James Dennistoun
The object of this encomium received it with a benignant smile, but Gifford Bruce reproved his saucy niece.

The Room with the Tassels |Carolyn Wells

There spoke the soldier to whom praise from his chief was the best praise and more valued than any other encomium.

My Second Year of the War |Frederick Palmer
His little eyes beamed in his great swollen face as he turned their gaze upon the object of his encomium.

Scaramouche |Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for encomium

encomium

/ (ɛnˈkəʊmɪəm) /

noun plural -miums or -mia (-mɪə)

a formal expression of praise; eulogy; panegyric

Word Origin for encomium

C16: from Latin, from Greek enkōmion, from en- ² + kōmos festivity