panegyric

noun

pan·e·gy·ric ˌpa-nə-ˈjir-ik How to pronounce panegyric (audio)

-ˈjī-rik

: a eulogistic oration or writing

composed a panegyric about Tchaikovsky for the concert program

also : formal or elaborate praise

panegyrical

ˌpa-nə-ˈjir-i-kəl How to pronounce panegyric (audio)

-ˈjī-ri-

adjective

panegyrically

ˌpa-nə-ˈjir-i-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce panegyric (audio)

-ˈjī-ri-

adverb

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On certain fixed dates throughout the year, the ancient Greeks would come together for religious meetings. Such gatherings could range from hometown affairs to great national assemblies, but large or small, the meeting was called a panēgyris. That name comes from pan, meaning "all," and agyris, meaning "assembly." At those assemblies, speakers provided the main entertainment, and they delivered glowing orations extolling the praises of present civic leaders and reliving the past glories of Greek cities. To the Greeks, those laudatory speeches were panēgyrikos, which means "of or for a panēgyris." Latin speakers ultimately transformed panēgyrikos into the noun panegyricus, and English speakers adapted that Latin term to form panegyric.

Example Sentences

wrote a panegyric on the centennial of the Nobel laureate's birth

Recent Examples on the Web At Night Market, a young Filipina chef named Strawberry conjured a mouthwatering panegyric to Middle East cuisine.

Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2022 Leave it to Grant Park Music Festival artistic director Carlos Kalmar to make sense of a head-scratcher of a season closer: A sprawling, somewhat obscure military panegyric by Handel.

Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021 Yet, once the protagonist Vellitt Boe leaves her capricious, cruel fantasy realm behind, there follows a panegyric to this world.

Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021 As this panegyric suggests, Charles’s political career in the United States was dead on arrival.

David Klion, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2019 And all of the above is unbeknownst to Grace, who, in her speech at the wedding feast, delivers a panegyric to her parents for their total fabulosity, and whose life is about to be upended.

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019 Schlesinger’s liberal panegyrics can still be read with pleasure, even if one winces at his reluctance to abide any serious criticism of his idols.

Michael Kazin, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017 See More

单词	panegyrical
释义	panegyric noun pan·e·gy·ric ˌpa-nə-ˈjir-ik -ˈjī-rik : a eulogistic oration or writing composed a panegyric about Tchaikovsky for the concert program also : formal or elaborate praise panegyrical ˌpa-nə-ˈjir-i-kəl -ˈjī-ri- adjective panegyrically ˌpa-nə-ˈjir-i-k(ə-)lē -ˈjī-ri- adverb Did you know? On certain fixed dates throughout the year, the ancient Greeks would come together for religious meetings. Such gatherings could range from hometown affairs to great national assemblies, but large or small, the meeting was called a panēgyris. That name comes from pan, meaning "all," and agyris, meaning "assembly." At those assemblies, speakers provided the main entertainment, and they delivered glowing orations extolling the praises of present civic leaders and reliving the past glories of Greek cities. To the Greeks, those laudatory speeches were panēgyrikos, which means "of or for a panēgyris." Latin speakers ultimately transformed panēgyrikos into the noun panegyricus, and English speakers adapted that Latin term to form panegyric. Synonyms accolade citation commendation dithyramb encomium eulogium eulogy homage hymn paean salutation tribute See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences wrote a panegyric on the centennial of the Nobel laureate's birth Recent Examples on the Web At Night Market, a young Filipina chef named Strawberry conjured a mouthwatering panegyric to Middle East cuisine. Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2022 Leave it to Grant Park Music Festival artistic director Carlos Kalmar to make sense of a head-scratcher of a season closer: A sprawling, somewhat obscure military panegyric by Handel. Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021 Yet, once the protagonist Vellitt Boe leaves her capricious, cruel fantasy realm behind, there follows a panegyric to this world. Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021 As this panegyric suggests, Charles’s political career in the United States was dead on arrival. David Klion, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2019 And all of the above is unbeknownst to Grace, who, in her speech at the wedding feast, delivers a panegyric to her parents for their total fabulosity, and whose life is about to be upended. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019 Schlesinger’s liberal panegyrics can still be read with pleasure, even if one winces at his reluctance to abide any serious criticism of his idols. Michael Kazin, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Latin panegyricus, from Greek panēgyrikos, from panēgyrikos of or for a festival assembly, from panēgyris festival assembly, from pan- + agyris assembly; akin to Greek ageirein to gather First Known Use 1603, in the meaning defined above panegyrical adjective as in eulogistic Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance eulogistic encomiastic laudatory hagiographic hagiographical praiseful flattering commendatory laudative approbatory complimentary appreciative admiring favorable positive applauding approving friendly sympathetic adulatory warm accepting worshipful respectful supportive adoring good worshipping recommendatory idolizing advisory worshiping Antonyms & Near Antonyms captious hypercritical critical overcritical censuring faultfinding scornful cavilling contemptuous caviling depreciatory disdainful disparaging uncomplimentary carping slighting derogatory adverse depreciative unfavorable unflattering negative belittling disapproving inappreciative unfriendly unappreciative See More
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