encomiast

American  

[en-koh-mee-ast, -uhst] / ɛnˈkoʊ miˌæst, -əst /

noun

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

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encomiast British  

/ ɛnˈkəʊmɪˌæst /

noun

1. a person who speaks or writes an encomium

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• encomiastic
  adjective
• encomiastically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of encomiast

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