Encomiastic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Encomiastic \En*co`mi*as"tic\, Encomiastical
  \En*co`mi*as"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.]
     Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an
     encomiastic address or discourse. -- {En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly},
     adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Encomiastic \En*co`mi*as"tic\, n.
     A panegyric. --B. Jonson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  encomiastic
       adj : formally  expressing praise [syn: {eulogistic}, {panegyric},
              {panegyrical}]