Encomium is a Latin word deriving from the Ancient Greek enkomion, meaning "the praise of a person or thing."
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Encomium
//ɛnˈkoʊ.mɪ.əm//
Synonyms for "encomium" (39 found)
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Related words (19)
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23 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐγκώμιον noun (tribute)
- ἐγκώμιον noun (category of oratory)
Arabic
1 entries- ثَنَاء noun (tribute)
Bulgarian
1 entries- възхвала noun (tribute)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 赞美 noun (category of oratory)
Czech
2 entries- chvalozpěv noun (tribute)
- chvalořečení noun (tribute)
Finnish
4 entries- encomium noun (category of oratory)
- kunnianosoitus noun (tribute)
- ylistys noun (tribute)
- ylistyspuhe noun (category of oratory)
Greek
2 entries- εγκώμιο noun (tribute)
- εγκώμιο noun (category of oratory)
Icelandic
3 entries- hróður noun (tribute)
- lofgerð noun (tribute)
- lofsöngur noun (tribute)
Old Norse
1 entries- hróðr noun (tribute)
Portuguese
2 entries- elogio noun (tribute)
- encômio noun (tribute)
Russian
3 entries- восхвале́ние noun (tribute)
- восхвале́ние noun (category of oratory)
- панеги́рик noun (tribute)
Spanish
1 entries- encomio noun (tribute)
Sample sentences
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I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums.
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...and where he never failed to lavish on me every gift his fortune could supply, delight me by the encomiums he bestowed on my music and needlework (always an object of importance in a nunnery), and prove, by his admiring looks and his tender tones, how entirely he loved me.
Source: wiktionary
"I never seen their like," was Lassiter's encomium, "an' in my day I've seen a sight of horses."
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