eulogium

[ yoo-loh-jee-uhm ]

noun

, plural eu·lo·gi·ums, eu·lo·gi·a [yoo-, loh, -jee-, uh].

1. a eulogy.
2. eulogistic language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eulogium¹

1700–10; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin eu- eu- + ( ē ) logium inscription on a tombstone

Example Sentences

It is because more attention is then paid to art than to eloquence, which is no great eulogium.

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When a man has had produced before him for his own and sole delectation any article or articles, how can he avoid eulogium?

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But her mother said never a word after that eulogium which she had uttered, and Madeline read that eulogium altogether aright.

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The awkwardness of the manner in which I have sometimes bestowed eulogium has done me more harm than the severity of my censure.

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She was scarcely gone, when Miss Mortimer came in; and, full of my charming visiter, I instantly began to pronounce her eulogium.

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