OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 42627

encomium

/ɛŋˈkəʊ.mɪ.əm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
encomio
Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
...and where he never failed to lavish on me every gift his fortune could supply, delight me by the encomiums he bestowed on my music and needlework (always an object of importance…
I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomi…
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