panegyric
11panegyric — [[t]pæ̱nɪʤɪ̱rɪk[/t]] panegyrics N COUNT A panegyric is a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something. [FORMAL] ...Prince Charles s panegyric on rural living. Syn: eulogy …
12panegyric — UK [ˌpænəˈdʒɪrɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms panegyric : singular panegyric plural panegyrics formal a speech, article, or poem that gives someone or something a lot of praise …
13panegyric — noun the panegyric she delivered in Syd s memory brought tears to our eyes Syn: eulogy, speech of praise, paean, accolade, tribute …
14panegyric — noun Etymology: Latin panegyricus, from Greek panēgyrikos, from panēgyrikos of or for a festival assembly, from panēgyris festival assembly, from pan + agyris assembly; akin to Greek ageirein to gather Date: 1603 a eulogistic oration or writing;… …
15panegyric — noun A formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something. Syn: eulogy …
16panegyric — Synonyms and related words: acclamatory, accolade, admiring, adulation, apotheosis, appreciative, approbatory, bepraisement, commendatory, complimentary, congratulation, deification, eloge, encomiastic, encomium, eulogistic, eulogium, eulogy,… …
17panegyric — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. praise; encomium, eulogy; approbation, laudation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. laudatory, acclamatory, flattering; see complimentary . n. Syn. compliment, honor, eulogy, tribute; see praise 2 . See… …
18panegyric — pan|e|gyr|ic [ˌpænıˈdʒırık] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: panegyricus, from Greek, from panegyris public meeting for celebration ] old fashioned formal a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something a lot …
19panegyric — pan|e|gyr|ic [ ,pænə dʒırık ] noun count FORMAL a speech, article, or poem that gives someone or something a lot of praise …
20panegyric — A formal speech of praise …
