different between laudatory vs encomiastic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laudatorius: compare Old French laudatoire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??d?t?i/

Adjective

laudatory (comparative more laudatory, superlative most laudatory)

1. Of or pertaining to praise, or the expression of praise.

   laudatory verses

   • 1853, Sir James Stephen, "On Desultory and Systematic Reading"

     The comparison of these two passages will probably have suggested to you the fact of the immense superiority of the satirical over the laudatory powers of Dryden.

Translations

Related terms

• laudatories

Anagrams

• adulatory

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????????? (enk?miastikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nko?mi?æst?k/

• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

encomiastic (comparative more encomiastic, superlative most encomiastic)

1. Of or relating to an encomiast.
2. Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.

Derived terms

• encomiastically

Noun

encomiastic (plural encomiastics)

1. A panegyric.

   • I thank you , Master Compass, for your short Encomiastic

Anagrams

• cosmetician

Romanian

Etymology

From encomion +? -astic.

Adjective

encomiastic m or n (feminine singular encomiastic?, masculine plural encomiastici, feminine and neuter plural encomiastice)

1. eulogistic, laudatory

Declension