panegyric
noun/ˌpænəˈdʒɪrɪk/
/ˌpænəˈdʒɪrɪk/
(formal)- a speech or piece of writing praising somebody/somethingWord Originearly 17th cent.: from French panégyrique, via Latin from Greek panēgurikos ‘of public assembly’, from pan ‘all’ + aguris ‘agora, assembly’.
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