encomiast
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Etymology
Origin of encomiast
1600–10; < Greek enkōmiast(ḗs), equivalent to enkōmi(on) encomi(um) + -ast ( def. )
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The encomiast after his manner appears to treat them as one.
From Agesilaus by Henry Graham Dakyns
Yet sometimes the patron may claim indulgence; for it does not always happen, that the encomiast has been much encouraged to his attempt.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
What this encomiast says in a rhetorical tone was literally true.
From The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey
In his dedication to Dr. Wilkins, he appears a very willing and liberal encomiast, both of the living and the dead.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
The blame, however, of this exaggerated praise falls on the encomiast, not upon the author; whose performances are, what they pretend to be, the effusions of a man of wit; gay, vigorous, and airy.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
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