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panegyric en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌpænəˈd͡ʒaɪɹɪk/
- /ˌpænəˈd͡ʒɪɹɪk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French panégyrique, from Ancient Greek πανηγυρικός (panēgurikós).
Meanings
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panegyrical
Forms
panegyric en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌpænəˈd͡ʒaɪɹɪk/
- /ˌpænəˈd͡ʒɪɹɪk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French panégyrique, from Ancient Greek πανηγυρικός (panēgurikós).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
Want of something else to say, and a very shady lane, disposed him to confidence; and he forthwith began a panegyric on himself, and on the good fortune of Miss Arundel, stating, he was now on his road to offer himself and his debts to her acceptance.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 321–322:The painter's absurd fits of jealousy, his wild devotion, his extravagant panegyrics, his curious reticences—he understood them all now, and he felt sorry.
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter IX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 174:Another manifestation, significantly reaching its apogee in the midst of Antonine virtues, was the growing popularity of adoxographical exercises. Mock panegyrics were dashed off, not just by sardonic intellectuals such as Lucian, but also by trained courtiers and polished encomiasts of the stamp of [Marcus Cornelius] Fronto.
1979, Carl Deroux, editor, Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History (Collection Latomus; 164), volume 1, Brussels: Latomus, →OCLC, page 111:He then spoke in the usual boastful manner of his progenitors, added a flaming panegyric upon himself, and strolled down the road to repeat his speech at the next house.
1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 197:My little Friend Grildrig, you have made a moſt admirable Panegyrick upon your Country: […]
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Several Contrivances of the Author to Please the King and Queen. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page 267:
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(countable, uncountable) Someone who writes or delivers such a speech.
Forms
Deriveds
panegyricize · panegyrically · panegyrist · panegyrical
Relateds
praise · tribute · paean · encomium · oration · laudation · eulogy
Synonyms
eulogy
Translations (39)
mk славо́појка (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · bg панегирик (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · de Panegyrik (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · grc πανηγυρικός (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · da lovtale (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · is lofkvæði (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · ca panegíric (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · cs chvalozpěv (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · is lof í riti (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · fi ylistys (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · no lovprising (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · ha yabo (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · sh hvalospjev (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · cmn 頌詞 /颂词 (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · non hróðr (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · uk панегі́рик (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · es panegírico (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · ga formholadh (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · gl panexírico (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · mk по́хвала (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · pt panegírico (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · fr panégyrique (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · mk панеги́рик (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · is lofgerð (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · is lof í ræðu (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · ja 賛辞 (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · ga adhmholadh (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · bg хвалебствие (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · nl lofzang (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · de Lobrede (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · de Laudatio (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · it panegirico (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · no lovtale (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · ru панеги́рик (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · ga moladh (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · pl panegiryk (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · nl lofrede (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · fa مدیحه (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) · hy ներբող (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something)