panegyrist

[ pan-i-jir-ist, -jahy-rist, pan-i-jir-ist, -jahy-rist ]

/ ˌpæn ɪˈdʒɪr ɪst, -ˈdʒaɪ rɪst, ˈpæn ɪˌdʒɪr ɪst, -ˌdʒaɪ rɪst /

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noun

a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.

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Origin of panegyrist

1595–1605; <Late Latin panēgyrista<Greek panēgyristḗs one who takes part in a public festival or assembly, equivalent to panēgyr(izein) to celebrate a public festival (see panegyrize) + -istēs-ist

Words nearby panegyrist

pandy, pane, paned, paneer, panegyric, panegyrist, panegyrize, panel, panel beater, panelboard, panel discussion

How to use panegyrist in a sentence

Gao Wenqian, a former panegyrist for the Communist Party, fled after the horrors of Tiananmen Square and now works in New York.
Ai Weiwei Learns How Far He Can Go|Blake Gopnik|April 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Seriously, Mme. Sandeau's enthusiasm is great, and in her you have an advocate, a more than zealous panegyrist.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
It seems that Turner was more catholic in his tastes than his panegyrist.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
Canovai was another biographer, and a still warmer panegyrist.
The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci|Amerigo Vespucci

Peevish, querulous, a panegyrist of former times when he was a boy, a chastiser and censurer of his juniors.
The Works of Horace|Horace
Lamartine, in that history, becomes the panegyrist and the censor of the French Revolution.
Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848|Various