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eulogistic

[yoo-luh-jis-tik]
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adjective
  1. pertaining to or containing eulogy; laudatory.
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Also eu·lo·gis·ti·cal.

Origin of eulogistic

First recorded in 1815–25; eulogist + -ic
Related formseu·lo·gis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Related Words

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Examples from the Web for eulogistic

Historical Examples

  • Even when descriptive or eulogistic, it is a direct address.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10

    Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • Perhaps, on the whole, it may seem to some that I write or speak in terms too eulogistic.

  • Lady Eardham when he arrived was mysterious, eulogistic, and beneficent.

    Ralph the Heir

    Anthony Trollope

  • The word "principle" is a eulogistic cover for the fact of tendency.

  • He applies to her only a few epithets, the most eulogistic of which is “Lucina the shene.”