encomiast

[ en-koh-mee-ast, -uhst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

encomiast

/ ɛnˈkəʊmɪˌæst /

1600–10; < Greek enkōmiast(ḗs), equivalent to enkōmi(on) encomi(um) + -ast ( def )

C17: from Greek enkōmiastēs, from enkōmiazein to utter an encomium

It is one of those few subjects on which an encomiast may expatiate without deviating from the truth.

A man of genius may securely laugh at a mode of attack by which his reviler, in half a century or less, becomes his encomiast.

What this encomiast says in a rhetorical tone was literally true.

Rev. Mr. Pyke, the object of the verses, deserves a better encomiast.

She was evidently beautiful, gifted, and attractive: her flattering Encomiast describes her as of great beauty and wisdom.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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