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Word of the Day for Friday, June 26, 2009encomium \en-KOH-mee-uhm\, noun; An often formal expression of warm or high praise. He ended with an encomium about her "high integrity and simple humanity" which ensured that "she loved her country, and her country loved her." The giant throws the butler into the lake, whereupon Charles delivers the perfunctory encomium, "Wickham was a good servant." He brought in the bread, cheese and beer, with many high encomiums upon their excellence. Encomium derives, via Latin, from Greek enkomion, from en-, "in" + komos, "revel." | |||||||||
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