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encomiast

/en-koh-mee-ast, -uhst/US // ɛnˈkoʊ miˌæst, -əst //UK // (ɛnˈkəʊmɪˌæst) //

诰日,诰敕,诰命,诰封

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.

Examples

  • It is one of those few subjects on which an encomiast may expatiate without deviating from the truth.

  • A man of genius may securely laugh at a mode of attack by which his reviler, in half a century or less, becomes his encomiast.

  • What this encomiast says in a rhetorical tone was literally true.

  • Rev. Mr. Pyke, the object of the verses, deserves a better encomiast.

  • She was evidently beautiful, gifted, and attractive: her flattering Encomiast describes her as of great beauty and wisdom.