panegyrical
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Adjective (1)
- formally expressing praiseSynonyms: encomiasticeulogisticpanegyricOpposite uncomplimentarySimilar complimentary
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pan′e·gyr′ic, Pan′e·gyr′ic·al adjective
Origin: L. panegyricus, Gr. πανηγυρικός, from πανήγυρις an assembly of the people, a high festival; πᾶ, πᾶν all + ἄγυρις, ἀγορά, an assembly.
Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory. “Panegyric strains.” Alexander Pope — Pan′wb-a2′>′e·gyr′wb-a1′>′ic·al·ly, adverb
Some of his odes are panegyrical.— John Dryden
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54