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eulogy
What does eulogy mean?
eulogy (noun): a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce eulogy?
/ˈjulədʒi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does eulogy come from?
From Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium (whence English elogium, elogy) and eulogia (from Ancient Greek εὐλογία (eulogía, “praise”), whence English eulogia).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “eulogy” mean?
the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
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addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
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the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate
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a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
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