encomiast

[ en-koh-mee-ast, -uhst ]

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noun

a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.

Origin of encomiast

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

Other words from encomiast

en·co·mi·as·tic, adjective
en·co·mi·as·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words Nearby encomiast

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How to use encomiast in a sentence

It is one of those few subjects on which an encomiast may expatiate without deviating from the truth.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 10. | Samuel Johnson
A man of genius may securely laugh at a mode of attack by which his reviler, in half a century or less, becomes his encomiast.
Literary Remains (1) | Coleridge
What this encomiast says in a rhetorical tone was literally true.
The Caesars | Thomas de Quincey
Rev. Mr. Pyke, the object of the verses, deserves a better encomiast.
Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 | Howard Phillips Lovecraft
She was evidently beautiful, gifted, and attractive: her flattering encomiast describes her as of great beauty and wisdom.
Canute the Great | Laurence Marcellus Larson

British Dictionary definitions for encomiast

encomiast

/ (ɛnˈkəʊmɪˌæst) /

noun

a person who speaks or writes an encomium

Origin of encomiast

C17: from Greek enkōmiastēs, from enkōmiazein to utter an encomium

Derived forms of encomiast

encomiastic or encomiastical, adjective
encomiastically, adverb

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