Associations to the word «Encomium»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
ENCOMIUM, noun. Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
ENCOMIUM, noun. (rhetoric) A general category of oratory.
ENCOMIUM, noun. (rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
ENCOMIUM, noun. The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
ENCOMIUM, noun. (literature) A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.
Dictionary definition
ENCOMIUM, noun. A formal expression of praise.
Wise words
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"infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no
word left when you want to talk about something really
infinite.