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15 words match “PANEGYRIC”

PANEGYRIC n.
An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.
PANEGYRIC; PANEGYRICAL a.
Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory. "Panegyric strains." Pope. -- Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly, adv. Some of his odes are panegyrical. Dryden.
DRAG v.
on lingeringly. The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun. Byron. Long, open panegyric drags at best. Gay.
ELOGE n.
A panegyrical funeral oration.
ELOGIUM; ELOGY n.
The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.
ENCOMIASTIC n.
A panegyric. B. Jonson.
ENCOMION n.
Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
ENCOMIUM n.
Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving.
EULOGISTIC; EULOGISTICAL a.
Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. -- Eu"lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.
JOVIAL a.
y; a jovial poem. Be bright and jovial among your guests. Shak. His odes are some of them panegyrical, others moral; the rest are jovial or bacchanalian. Dryden.
LAUDATIVE n.
A panegyric; a eulogy. [Obs.] Bacon.
OUTRAGEOUS a.
t outrageous villainies." Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous crimes." Shak. "Outrageous panegyric." Dryden.
PANEGYRIST n.
One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking. If these panegyrists are in earnest. Burke.
PANEGYRIZE v. 2 definitions
To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.
PANEGYRY n.
A panegyric. [Obs.] Milton.