different between encomium vs approval

English

Etymology

From Latin enc?mium (“praise, eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (enk?mion, “laudatory ode, praise”), from ???????? (enk?mios, “of or pertaining to the victor”), from ????? (kômos, “festival, revel, ode”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???k??.m?.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?ko?.m?.?m/, /?n?ko?.m?.?m/
• (US)

Noun

encomium (plural encomiums or encomia)

1. Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
   • 1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, The History of Louisiana: Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing a Description of the Countries that Lye on both Sides of the River Missisipi [sic]: With an Account of the Settlements [...] Translated from the French [...] by M. Le Page du Pratz; with some Notes and Observations [...] In two volumes. [...], London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, OCLC 181837275 (English translation of Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays, sa description géographique, un voyage dans les terres, l'histoire naturelle, les mœurs, coûtumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines : deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'à la mer du Sud : ornée de deux cartes & de 40 planches en taille douce, Paris : Chez de Bure, l'aîné [...], la veuve Delaguette [...], Lambert [...], 1758, OCLC 1651361), page 39:

     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 encomiums.

   • "I never seen their like," was Lassiter's encomium, "an' in my day I've seen a sight of horses."
2. (rhetoric) A general category of oratory.
3. (rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
4. The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
5. (literature) A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.

Translations

Anagrams

• meconium

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k?.mj?m/

Noun

encomium m (plural encomiums)

1. An Ancient Greek literary genre of praise.
2. (obsolete) Dictionary.

Synonyms

• dictionnaire

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (enk?mion, “laudatory ode, praise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /en?ko?.mi.um/, [???ko?mi???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /en?ko.mi.um/, [???k??mium]

Noun

enc?mium n (genitive enc?mi? or enc?m?); second declension

1. Praise, eulogy.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• enc?miographus

Descendants

• Catalan: encomi
• English: encomium
• Italian: encomio
• Portuguese: encômio, encómio
• Spanish: encomio

References

• encomium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• encomium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

approve +? -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?u?v?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?uv?l/

Noun

approval (countable and uncountable, plural approvals)

1. An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.

2. An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.

3. (especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.

Synonyms

• (expression granting permission or indicating agreement): approbation, sanction; See also Thesaurus:approval
• (expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement): commendation; See also Thesaurus:praise

Related terms

• approve

Translations