Hypertext Webster Gateway: "encomiastic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Encomiastic \En*co`mi*as"tic\, Encomiastical
\En*co`mi*as"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.]
Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an
encomiastic address or discourse. -- {En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly},
adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Encomiastic \En*co`mi*as"tic\, n.
A panegyric. --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
encomiastic
adj : formal expression of praise [syn: {eulogistic}, {panegyric},
{panegyrical}]
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