panegyrical

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Definition of panegyrical

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Lavish with praise; admiring, approving, complimentary.
    “Let us (ſaith he [Gregory of Nazianzus]) celebrate this feaſt, not in a panegyrical but divine, not in a vvorldly but ſuperſecular manner; not regarding ſo much our ſelves or ours, as the vvorſhip of Chriſt, &c.”
    “The days of description (personal and panegyrical) are passing rapidly away.”
    “Birmingham, indeed, has recently been styled "the best governed city in the world"--a title that is, perhaps, a trifle too full and panegyrical to find ready and general acceptance.”

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Etymology

From panegyric + -al.

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