Eulogy
['juːlədʒɪ] or ['jʊlədʒi]
Definition
(noun.) a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently.
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Definition
(n.) A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Eulogistic speech or discourse, praise, eulogium, encomium, panegyric, commendation, good word, tribute of praise.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PRAISE]
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Definition
n. a speaking well of: a speech or writing in praise of.—adjs. Eulog′ic -al containing eulogy or praise.—adv. Eulog′ically.—v.t. Eu′logīse to speak well of: to praise.—n. Eu′logist one who praises or extols another.—adj. Eulogist′ic full of praise.—adv. Eulogist′ically.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power or the consideration to be dead.
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Examples
- Krempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself, which happily turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He bowed with icy deference when my terms of eulogy were all exhausted, and silently opened the door for me to go out into the passage again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A recent book is devoted to a glowing eulogy of Wisconsin, an Experiment in Democracy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There is no such thing as Democracy; there are a number of more or less democratic experiments which are not subject to wholesale eulogy or condemnation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Micawber then delivered a warm eulogy on Traddles. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I am not in a position to express my feeling toward Mr. Casaubon: it would be at best a pensioner's eulogy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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