Pronounced: SLACK-tuh-viz-uhm, noun
Notes: This seems like a word for the modern age, but I don’t think I’ve seen it
Yesterday’s word
The word encomium is “a formal expression of praise; a eulogy”
First usage
This word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
A eulogy is often associated with funerals, but our word is not. The word came from Latin and into Latin from the Greek word enkṓmion (in reveal)
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