different between admiring vs panegyric

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æd.?ma?.?.??/
• Rhymes: -a?????

Adjective

admiring (comparative more admiring, superlative most admiring)

1. Feeling or showing admiration.

Translations

Verb

admiring

1. present participle of admire

Noun

admiring (plural admirings)

1. admiration
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Passion of our Blessed Saviour (sermon)

     What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]

   • 1847, Matthew Henry, James Hamilton, Daily communion with God

     We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.

Anagrams

• graminid, migniard

English

Alternative forms

• panegyrick (obsolete)
• panegyry (obsolete)

Etymology

From French panégyrique, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (pan?gurikós), from ???- (pan-) "all" + agyris "place of assembly", Aeolic form of ????? (agorá)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæn??d?????k/, /?pæn??d??a???k/

Noun

panegyric (countable and uncountable, plural panegyrics)

1. A formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something.

   Synonym: eulogy

   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 197):

     He then spoke in the usual boastful manner of his progenitors, added a flaming panegyric upon himself, and strolled down the road to repeat his speech at the next house.
2. Someone who writes or delivers such a speech.

Derived terms

• panegyrical
• panegyrically

Translations

Adjective

panegyric (comparative more panegyric, superlative most panegyric)

1. panegyrical