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encomiast
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en·co·mi·ast  (n-km-st, -st)
n.
A person who delivers or writes an encomium; a eulogist.

[Greek enkmiasts, from enkmiazein, to praise, from enkmion, encomium; see encomium.]

en·comi·astic (-stk), en·comi·asti·cal (-t-kl) adj.

encomiast [ɛnˈkəʊmɪˌæst]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person who speaks or writes an encomium
[from Greek enkōmiastēs, from enkōmiazein to utter an encomium]
encomiastic , encomiastical adj
encomiastically  adv


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