Today's Word "encomium"
Published in Vocabulary
encomium \en-KOH-mee-uhm\ (noun) - An often formal expression of warm or high praise.
"HRH absorbed the encomiums with the dignity of his office, nodding slowly but continuously as encomium toppled over encomium in quick succession." -- Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike, 'The Naked Gods'
Encomium derives, via Latin, from Greek enkomion, from en-, "in" + komos, "revel."
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