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panegyrist

[ pan-i-jir-ist, -jahy-rist, pan-i-jir-ist, -jahy-rist ]

noun

  1. a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of panegyrist1

1595–1605; < Late Latin 貹ŧٲ < Greek 貹ŧḗs one who takes part in a public festival or assembly, equivalent to 貹ŧ ( izein ) to celebrate a public festival ( panegyrize ) + -ist
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Example Sentences

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“To describe the beauties of this region, will, on some future occasion, be a very grateful task to the pen of a skilful panegyrist,” he wrote.

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Borges, the panegyrist of reading, knew that it was possible to ask, or to make, too much of books.

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When they write about the Victorians, what Strachey and the present-day panegyrists are really writing about is their own society.

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He became the fervent panegyrist of Governor Eyre of Jamaica.

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For the excuse cannot be alleged in favour of his panegyrists that his enterprises may find in his enthusiasm, his ignorance, and the thick darkness of his age.

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