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panegyric noun & adjective. E17.
[French panegyrique from Latin panegyricus public eulogy, use as noun of adjective from Greek panegurikos, formed as PANEGYRIS: see -IC.]
A. noun.
A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something; a laudatory discourse; a eulogy. (Foll. by on, of.) E17.
High praise; = EULOGY 1. E17.
b. adjective.
= PANEGYRICAL 2. Only in E17.
= PANEGYRICAL 1. M17.