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   panegyric

   /ˌpanɪˈdʒɪrɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something: "a panegyric on the pleasures of malt whisky"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French panégyrique, via Latin from Greek panēgurikos ‘of public assembly’, from pan ‘all’ + aguris ‘agora, assembly’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. panegyrical adjective
   • 2. panegyrically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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