eulogistic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English eulogy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English eulogistic From eulogy + -istic.
Meanings
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Conveying praise or admiration, as in a eulogy.
But on one fatal occasion I happened to change my tactics and warmly praised a work[…] my eulogistic review of the hated individual, unfortunately for me, appeared, with the result that private spite outweighed public justice and I was immediately dismissed.
1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →OCLC, page 8:He writhed for twenty minutes under the flowery and eulogistic periods of the president, and rose himself in the state of confused indignation which the Briton feels when he is publicly approved.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most eulogistic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more eulogistic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (11)
it lodativo (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · mk пофален (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · ga adhmholtach (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · fr élogieux (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · gv ard-voyllee (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · ka სახოტბო (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · xcl ներբողեան (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · ca elogiós (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · ro lăudător (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · fr dithyrambique (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy) · it elogiativo (of, pertaining to, or in the form of a eulogy)