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eulogistic

[ yoo-luh-jis-tik ]

/ ˌyu ləˈdʒɪs tɪk /

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adjective

pertaining to or containing eulogy; laudatory.

Words nearby eulogistic

euler's phi-function, euler-chelpin, euless, eulogia, eulogist, eulogistic, eulogium, eulogize, eulogy, eumaeus, eumelanin

Also eu·lo·gis·ti·cal.

Origin of eulogistic

First recorded in 1815–25; eulogist + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM eulogistic

eu·lo·gis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for eulogistic

This eulogistic work contains only the scantiest details of Girard's career.
History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I|Myers Gustavus
To L. Mozart's vexation she declined it as too eulogistic, and a simpler one had to be substituted.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Otto Jahn
The contemptuous and the eulogistic point of view must, in every case, be repudiated.
Human, All Too Human|Friedrich Nietzsche
All his remembrances of the old squire were eulogistic and affectionate.
The American Senator|Anthony Trollope

One of the few non-dramatic compositions of Molire is an eulogistic poem on Mignards decoration of this dome.
Paris and its Story|Thomas Okey

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