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Eulogy
//ˈju.lə.d͡ʒi// noun
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Noun
- 1 An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
- 2 a formal expression of praise wordnet
- 3 Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.
"It was the prettiest and most luxurious little sitting-room I had ever seen; and I admired it with the warmest enthusiasm. The solemn servant was far too highly trained to betray the slightest satisfaction. He bowed with icy deference when my terms of eulogy were all exhausted, and silently opened the door for me to go out into the passage again."
- 4 a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English wloge (“commendation of the virtues of a deceased person”), from Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium (whence English elogium, elogy) and eulogia (from Ancient Greek εὐλογία (eulogía, “praise”), whence English eulogia); equivalent to eu- + logia ("good words"). Doublet of eulogium.
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