单词 | eulogistic |
释义 | eulogisticadj. Pertaining to or expressive of eulogy; of the nature of eulogy; commendatory, laudatory. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > of words or expressions praisinga1382 laudablec1420 magnifical1533 magnific1548 commendatory1555 laudatory?1567 commendable1576 laudative1609 eulogiacal1654 eulogistic1825 eulogic1831 encomiastic1841 eulogious1887 1825 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 71 Some adjunct of the eulogistic cast, such as moderate..or practical. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. iv. 94 Scotch lawyers..do not plaster over the foulness of their system with eulogistic daubings. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. vi. 104 The inscription is eulogistic of the poet's character. Derivatives eulogistical adj. = eulogistic adj. (In modern dictionaries.) euloˈgistically adv. in a eulogistic manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adverb] praisinglyc1475 magnifically1555 applausefully1630 magnificently1630 eulogically1634 praisefully1651 applausively1741 commendably1747 eulogistically1831 laudatorily1847 commendatively1865 commendingly1876 extollingly1886 1831 J. W. Croker in J. Boswell Life Johnson I. 452 (note) [Quoting J. W. Croker, 20 July 1763] To talk thus eulogistically of ‘the very spirited exertions’ of a piratical bookseller. 1848 Fraser's Mag. 38 501 He writes..too eulogistically for a critic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1825 |
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