Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encomiastic

/ɛnkoʊmiˈæstɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-co-mi-as-tic
IPA: /ɛnkoʊmiˈæstɪk/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to an encomiast.

adj

Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.

noun

Example Sentences

"an encomiastic address or discourse"
"[H]is Excellency began drinking wine forthwith and gazing round upon the company, now with the most wonderful frowns, and anon with the blandest smiles, and hiccupped remarks encomiastic of the drink which he was imbibing."
"As Philodemus indicated in antiquity, encomia of Busiris [by Isocrates] belong to this category of "paradoxical" or "adoxographic" treatises, which flourished in nearly all periods of ancient Greek literature. These were speeches written in the encomiastic style on subjects that were immediately recognizable to ancient audiences as vile, trivial, ridiculous, or otherwise unsuited to praise."
"I thank you , Master Compass, for your short Encomiastic"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγκωμιαστικός (enkōmiastikós).

Inflected Forms

more encomiastic (comparative) most encomiastic (superlative) encomiastics (plural)

Derived Forms

encomiastically

Synonyms

eulogistic panegyric panegyrical

Rhymes With

fantastic plastic enthusiastic drastic sarcastic elastic stochastic monastic dynastic spastic bombastic thermoplastic

Questions

How do you pronounce encomiastic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛnkoʊmiˈæstɪk/.
What does encomiastic mean?: Of or relating to an encomiast.
Where does encomiastic come from?: From Ancient Greek ἐγκωμιαστικός (enkōmiastikós).

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