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EULOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eulogy mean?
• EULOGY (noun)
The noun EULOGY has 2 senses:
1. a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
2. a formal expression of praise
Familiarity information: EULOGY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
eulogium; eulogy
Hypernyms ("eulogy" is a kind of...):
congratulations; extolment; kudos; praise (an expression of approval and commendation)
Derivation:
eulogise (praise formally and eloquently)
eulogistic (formally expressing praise)
eulogize (praise formally and eloquently)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A formal expression of praise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
encomium; eulogy; paean; panegyric; pean
Hypernyms ("eulogy" is a kind of...):
congratulations; extolment; kudos; praise (an expression of approval and commendation)
Derivation:
eulogistic (formally expressing praise)
Context examples
Mr. Micawber then delivered a warm eulogy on Traddles.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
M. Krempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself, which happily turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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