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

• encomiastic adjective
• encomiastically adverb

Etymology

Origin of encomiast

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

Example Sentences

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 Johnson, Samuel

Martyr, however, was never an extravagant encomiast of the cardinal, and one may imagine much more creditable reasons, than that assigned, for his disgust with him now.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling

She needs no encomiast, star-crowned she stands, the glory of America, the admiration of the world.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

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 Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

Liberty called in vain upon her votaries to read her praises, and reward her encomiast: her praises were condemned to harbour spiders, and to gather dust: none of Thomson's performances were so little regarded.

From Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 by Johnson, Samuel