encomiast

[ en-koh-mee-ast, -uhst ]

noun

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

encomiast

/ ɛnˈkəʊmɪˌæst /

noun

1. a person who speaks or writes an encomium

Derived Forms

• enˌcomiˈastically, adverb
• enˌcomiˈastic, adjective

Other Words From

• en·comi·astic adjective
• en·comi·asti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of encomiast¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of encomiast¹

C17: from Greek enkōmiastēs, from enkōmiazein to utter an encomium

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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