eulogy

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eu·lo·gy / ˈyoōləjē/ • n. (pl. -gies) a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died: his good friend delivered a brief eulogy. ORIGIN: late Middle English (in the sense ‘high praise’): from medieval Latin eulogium, eulogia (from Greek eulogia ‘praise’), apparently influenced by Latin elogium ‘inscription on a tomb’ (from Greek elegia ‘elegy’). The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.

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