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Panegyrical

{

Panˊe-gyr′ic

,

Panˊe-gyr′ic-al

, }
Adj.
[L.
panegyricus
, Gr.
πανηγυρικός
, from
πανήγυρισ
an assembly of the people, a high festival;
πᾶ
,
πᾶν
all +
ἄγυρις
,
ἀγορά
, an assembly.]
Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory.
Panegyric strains.”
Pope.
Panˊe-gyr′ic-al-ly
,
adv.
Some of his odes are
panegyrical
.
Dryden.

Definition 2024


panegyrical

panegyrical

English

Adjective

panegyrical (comparative more panegyrical, superlative most panegyrical)

  1. Approving, complimentary, admiring, lavish with praise.
    • Bishop Joseph Hall
      Let us, saith he, celebrate this feast, not in a panegyrical but divine, not in a worldly but supersecular manner.
    • 1900, Thomas Anderton, A Tale of One City: The New Birmingham:
      Birmingham, indeed, has recently been styled "the best governed city in the world"--a title that is, perhaps, a trifle too full and panegyrical to find ready and general acceptance.

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