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panegyric

noun/ˌpanɪˈdʒɪrɪk/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
FormalRegister

A public speech or piece of writing in elaborate praise of someone or something.

His retirement dinner ended with a panegyric so fulsome it made him blush.

Similar: eulogy, encomium, tribute

Origin: From Greek panegyrikos 'of a public assembly', from pan 'all' + agyris 'assembly'.

Topic: praise in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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