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encomiast
[ en-koh-mee-ast, -uhst ]
noun
- a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.
encomiast
/ ɛnˈkəʊmɪˌæst /
noun
- a person who speaks or writes an encomium
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Derived Forms
- enˌcomiˈastically, adverb
- enˌcomiˈastic, adjective
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Other Words From
- en·comi·astic adjective
- en·comi·asti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of encomiast1
1600–10; < Greek enkōmiast(ḗs), equivalent to enkōmi(on) encomi(um) + -ast ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of encomiast1
C17: from Greek enkōmiastēs, from enkōmiazein to utter an encomium
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Example Sentences
It is one of those few subjects on which an encomiast may expatiate without deviating from the truth.
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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.
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What this encomiast says in a rhetorical tone was literally true.
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Rev. Mr. Pyke, the object of the verses, deserves a better encomiast.
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She was evidently beautiful, gifted, and attractive: her flattering Encomiast describes her as of great beauty and wisdom.
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