eulogium
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A eulogy.
Example Sentences
- "Oh, wonderful poet, thou shalt be immortal, if my eulogiums can make thee so!"
- "Her eulogium on Rousseau was accidentally put into my hands, and her sentiments, the sentiments of too many of her sex, may serve as the text for a few comments."
- "Let the grave close over the hand that has laboured through feverish midnights,—over the warm heart that beat so painfully; let the ear be closed to that applause which was its sweetest music;—and then how lavish we grow of all that was before so harshly denied! Then the marble is carved with eulogium; then the life is written; and thousands are lavish of pity and sympathy: every thing is given when it is too late to give anything!"
- "--and you have been weak enough, traitor, to listen to the eulogiums of a nurse on her child!""
Etymology
From Medieval Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium and eulogia. Doublet of eulogy.
Word Breakdown
- Root: eulogium