English Dictionary

encomium

/ɛŋˈkəʊ.mɪ.əm/

noun

Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute. / (rhetoric) A general category of oratory. / (rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.

The professor received an encomium for his groundbreaking research.

意味（1）

Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

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.

意味（2）

(rhetoric) A general category of oratory.

意味（3）

(rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.

意味（4）

The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.

意味（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.