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encomiastic, a. and n.|ɛnˌkəʊmɪˈæstɪk|
[ad. Gr. ἐγκωµιαστικ-ός, f. ἐγκωµιάζειν: see encomiast.]
A. adj. That conveys or confers an encomium; laudatory, commendatory, eulogistic.
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. i. iv. 75 To frame some encomiasticke speech upon this our Metropolis. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentl. (1641) 306 Doting on nothing more than these encomiasticke bladders of their desertlesse praises. 1795R. Anderson Brit. Poets 448 An Ode, which, though less elevated, has some fine encomiastic strains. 1841Hor. Smith Moneyed Man I. v. 154, I made a slight encomiastic allusion to Fanny Hartopp.
†B. n. A eulogistic discourse or composition; a formal encomium. Obs.
1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady i. i, I thank you, master Compass, for your short Encomiastic. 1644J. Carter Nail hit on the head (1647) 39 A sumptuous and magnificent Sepulchre..and upon it written Encomiastiques, the high praises of his vertue. 1707Hearne Coll. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) II. 25 Sends an ‘Encomiastic’ to be prefixed to Hudson's edition of Dionysius. 18..Moore Devil among Schol. 584 Wise Encomiastics Upon the Doctors and Scholastics. |