encomiastic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
21
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɛnkoʊmiˈæstɪk/

Definition of encomiastic

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or relating to an encomiast.
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adj

  1. Of or relating to an encomiast.
  2. Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.
    “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.”

noun

  1. A panegyric.
    “I thank you , Master Compass, for your short Encomiastic”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγκωμιαστικός (enkōmiastikós).

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