encomiastic
Collocations
3ADJ.
short
VERB + ENCOMIASTIC
hiccupped, remarks
ENCOMIASTIC + NOUN
discourse
Definitions
adj
Of or relating to an encomiast.
Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.
an encomiastic address or discourse
[H]is Excellency began drinking wine forthwith and gazing round upon the company, now with the most wonderful frowns, and anon with the blandest smiles, and hiccupped remarks encomiastic of the drink which he was imbibing.
noun
A panegyric.
I thank you , Master Compass, for your short Encomiastic
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — formally expressing praise
- eulogistic
- panegyric
- panegyrical
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4an encomiastic address or discourse
Wiktionary[H]is Excellency began drinking wine forthwith and gazing round upon the company, now with the most wonderful frowns, and anon with the blandest smiles, and hiccupped remarks encomiastic of the drink
WiktionaryAs Philodemus indicated in antiquity, encomia of Busiris [by Isocrates] belong to this category of "paradoxical" or "adoxographic" treatises, which flourished in nearly all periods of ancient Greek li
WiktionaryI thank you , Master Compass, for your short Encomiastic
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