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encomiast

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Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

encomiastn. [Gr. , fr. to praise, fr. encomium: cf. F. encomiaste. See Encomium.].
     One who praises; a panegyrist.  Locke.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

encomiast, n.
1 the composer of an encomium.
2 a flatterer.

Derivative
encomiastic adj.
Etymology
Gk egkomiastes (as ENCOMIUM)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

encomiast

n. A special (but not particular) kind of liar.

ROGET THESAURUS

encomiast

Flatterer

N flatterer, adulator, eulogist, euphemist, optimist, encomiast, laudator, whitewasher, toady, toadeater, sycophant, courtier, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant, flaneur, proneur, puffer, touter, claqueur, clawback, earwig, doer of dirty work, parasite, hanger-on, yes-man, suckup, ass-kisser, brown-noser, teacher's pet, pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.

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