Elogium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a eulogy

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlogium (“short saying, inscription”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον (elegeîon, “elegy”), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “song, melody”). Doublet of elogy.

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