encomiast

  • 1encomiast — encomiást s. m. (sil. mi ast), pl. encomiáşti Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  ENCOMIÁST s.m. (Liv.) Persoană care rosteşte elogiul cuiva; panegerist. [pron. mi ast. / < it. encomiaste]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 04.03 …

    Dicționar Român

  • 2Encomiast — En*co mi*ast, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to praise, fr. ? encomium: cf. F. encomiaste. See {Encomium}.] One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3encomiast — c.1600, from Gk. enkomiastes one who praises, from enkomiazein, from enkomion (see ENCOMIUM (Cf. encomium)). Related: Encomiastic (1590s) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4encomiast — [en kō′mē ast΄, en kō′mēəst] n. [Gr enkōmiastēs < enkōmiazein, to praise < enkōmion] a person who speaks or writes encomiums; eulogist …

    English World dictionary

  • 5encomiast — noun Etymology: Greek enkōmiastēs, from enkōmiazein to praise, from enkōmion Date: 1599 one that praises ; eulogist • encomiastic adjective …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6encomiast — encomiastic, adj. encomiastically, adv. /en koh mee ast , euhst/, n. a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist. [1600 10; < Gk enkomiast(és), equiv. to enkomi(on) ENCOMIUM + astes agent n. suffix] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 7encomiast — noun a person who delivers an encomium or eulogy …

    Wiktionary

  • 8encomiast — n. person who writes or expresses encomiums; praiser; eulogist …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9encomiast — [ɛn kəʊmɪast] noun formal a person who publicly praises or flatters someone else. Derivatives encomiastic adjective Origin C17: from Gk enkōmiastēs, from enkōmiazein to praise …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 10encomiast — n. Eulogist, panegyrist, praiser, extoller …

    New dictionary of synonyms

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