encomium
noun/enˈkəʊmiəm/
/enˈkəʊmiəm/
(plural encomiums, encomia
(formal)/enˈkəʊmiə/
/enˈkəʊmiə/
)- a speech or piece of writing that praises somebody or something highlyWord Originmid 16th cent.: Latin, from Greek enkōmion ‘eulogy’, from en- ‘within’ + komos ‘revel’.
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