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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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
Friendship, that theme of the encomiast, is neither more nor less, you will find, than the beginning of sponging.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
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.
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
She needs no encomiast, star-crowned she stands, the glory of America, the admiration of the world.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann
Truly! it surprises me that some one does not spring up, and, though others hesitate, extol my plan, explain its advantages, and spare me the pain of being my own encomiast.
From Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by John Oxenford
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