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Feb. 15, 2016
encomium \en-KOH-mee-uh m\ noun
1. a formal expression of high praise; eulogy: An encomium by the
president greeted the returning hero.
Quotes In a fond encomium to Krim...he reminds us what really made
Krimâs work sing. It was that he was âfuriously funny, which is no
small matter, and no small reward.â
-- Dwight Garner, "A Slap Here, a Handshake There," New York Times,
October 24, 2013 Origin Encomium can be traced to the Greek enká¹mion,
with the root word kômos meaning "a revel." It entered English in the
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