encomiast

American  

[en-koh-mee-ast, -uhst] / ɛnˈkoʊ miˌæst, -əst /

noun

1. a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.

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encomiast British  

/ ɛnˈkəʊmɪˌæst /

noun

1. a person who speaks or writes an encomium

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Other Word Forms

• encomiastic adjective
• encomiastically adverb

Etymology

Origin of encomiast

1600–10; < Greek enkōmiast(ḗs), equivalent to enkōmi(on) encomi(um) + -ast ( def. )

Example Sentences

She needs no encomiast, star-crowned she stands, the glory of America, the admiration of the world.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

A man of genius may securely laugh at a mode of attack by which his reviler, in half a century or less, becomes his encomiast.

From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

In his dedication to Dr. Wilkins, he appears a very willing and liberal encomiast, both of the living and the dead.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel

Liberty called in vain upon her votaries to read her praises and reward her encomiast: her praises were condemned to harbour spiders, and to gather dust; none of Thomson’s performances were so little regarded.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

Martyr, however, was never an extravagant encomiast of the cardinal, and one may imagine much more creditable reasons, than that assigned, for his disgust with him now.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling