Word of the Week: Panegyric

panegyric

SYLLABICATION: pan·e·gyr·ic
PRONUNCIATION: pn-jrk, -jrk
NOUN: 1. A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment. 2. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin pangyricus, from Greek pangurikos (logos), (speech) at a public assembly, panegyric, from panguris, public assembly : pan-, pan- + aguris, assembly, marketplace; see ger- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: pane·gyri·cal —ADJECTIVE
pane·gyri·cal·ly —ADVERB