eulogy
nounUK /ˈjuː.lə.d͡ʒi/ · US /ˈju.lə.d͡ʒi/
Etymology From Middle English wloge (“commendation of the virtues of a deceased person”), from Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium (whence English elogium, elogy) and eulogia (from Ancient Greek εὐλογία (eulogía, “praise”), whence English eulogia); equivalent to eu- + logia ("good words"). Doublet of eulogium.
1
An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
2
Speaking highly of someone or something; the act of praising or commending someone or something.
- It was the prettiest and most luxurious little sitting-room I had ever seen; and I admired it with the warmest enthusiasm. The solemn servant was far too highly trained to betray the slightest satisfaction. He bowed with icy deference when my terms of eulogy were all exhausted, and silently opened the door for me to go out into the passage again.1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:
- The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian:
- Derived terms
- eulogise, eulogize, eulogism, eulogist, eulogistic, eulogomania, paneulogism
- Related terms
- eulogia