Encomium Definition

ĕn-kōmē-əm
encomia, encomiums
noun
encomiums
Warm, glowing praise.
American Heritage
A formal, often enthusiastic, expression of high praise.
Webster's New World

Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

Wiktionary

(rhetoric) A general category of oratory.

Wiktionary

(rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.

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Other Word Forms of Encomium

Noun

Singular:
encomium
Plural:
encomia, encomiums

Origin of Encomium

  • From Latin encōmium (“praise, eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (enkōmion, “laudatory ode, praise”), from ἐγκώμιος (enkōmios, “of or pertaining to the victor”), from κῶμος (kōmos, “festival, revel, ode”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin encōmium from Greek enkōmion (epos) (speech) praising a victor neuter of enkōmios of the victory procession en- in en–2 kōmos celebration

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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