Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elogy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
el-o-gy
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Praise, eulogy; inscription on a tombstone, epitaph

Archaic

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Etymology

From Latin ēlogium. Doublet of elogium.

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What does elogy mean?
Praise, eulogy; inscription on a tombstone, epitaph
Where does elogy come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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