Meanings
plural panegyrics · alternative obsolete panegyrick · alternative obsolete panegyry
- countableuncountableA formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
My little Friend Grildrig, you have made a moſt admirable Panegyrick upon your Country: […]
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Several Contrivances of the Author to Please the King and Queen. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page 2674 more examples
Want of something else to say, and a very shady lane, disposed him to confidence; and he forthwith began a panegyric on himself, and on the good fortune of Miss Arundel, stating, he was now on his road to offer himself and his debts to her acceptance.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 321–322The painter's absurd fits of jealousy, his wild devotion, his extravagant panegyrics, his curious reticences—he understood them all now, and he felt sorry.
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter IX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 174He then spoke in the usual boastful manner of his progenitors, added a flaming panegyric upon himself, and strolled down the road to repeat his speech at the next house.
1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 197Another manifestation, significantly reaching its apogee in the midst of Antonine virtues, was the growing popularity of adoxographical exercises. Mock panegyrics were dashed off, not just by sardonic intellectuals such as Lucian, but also by trained courtiers and polished encomiasts of the stamp of [Marcus Cornelius] Fronto.
1979, Carl Deroux, editor, Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History (Collection Latomus; 164), volume 1, Brussels: Latomus, →OCLC, page 111Synonyms: eulogy
- countableuncountableSomeone who writes or delivers such a speech.
comparative more panegyric · superlative most panegyric · alternative obsolete panegyrick · alternative obsolete panegyry
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA formal speech publicly praising someone or something.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveformally expressing praise
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Origin
- Ancient Greekπανηγυρικός
- Frenchpanégyrique
- Englishpanegyric
From French panégyrique, from Ancient Greek πανηγυρικός (panēgurikós).
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πανηγυρικός
- πανηγυρικός (panēgurikós)formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Bulgarian панегирик, хвалебствие
- панегирик (panegirik)formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- хвалебствие (hvalebstvie)formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Catalan panegíric
- panegíricformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Chinese Mandarin 頌詞 /颂词
- 頌詞 /颂词 (sòngcí)formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Czech chvalozpěv
- chvalozpěvformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Danish lovtale
- lovtaleformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Dutch lofzang, lofrede
- lofzangformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- lofredeformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Finnish ylistys
- ylistysformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
French panégyrique
- panégyriqueformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
German Lobrede, Panegyrik
- Lobredeformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- Panegyrikformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- Laudatioformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Icelandic lofgerð, lof í ræðu
- lofgerðformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- lof í ræðuformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- lof í ritiformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- lofkvæðiformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Irish adhmholadh, formholadh
- adhmholadhformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- formholadhformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- moladhformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Italian panegirico
- panegiricoformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Japanese 賛辞
- 賛辞 (sanji)formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Norwegian lovprising, lovtale
- lovprisingformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
- lovtaleformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Persian مدیحه
- مدیحه (madihe)formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Polish panegiryk
- panegirykformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Portuguese panegírico
- panegíricoformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Russian панеги́рик
- панеги́рик (panegírik)formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Spanish panegírico
- panegíricoformal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Ukrainian панегі́рик
- панегі́рик (panehíryk)formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something
Cite this entry
panegyric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panegyric
“panegyric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panegyric. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panegyric,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panegyric.
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