eulogy

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
  2. noun a formal expression of praise

Etymology

From Middle English wloge (“commendation of the virtues of a deceased person”), from Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium (whence English elogium, elogy) and eulogia (from Ancient Greek εὐλογία (eulogía, “praise”), whence English eulogia); equivalent to eu- + logia ("good words"). Doublet of eulogium.

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eulogium

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