eulogy
noun/ˈjuːlədʒi/
/ˈjuːlədʒi/
[countable, uncountable] (plural eulogies)
- eulogy (of/to somebody/something) a speech or piece of writing praising somebody/something very much
- a eulogy to marriage
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- eulogy (for/to somebody) a speech given at a funeral praising the person who has died
- He gave the eulogy at Aunt Louise’s funeral.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘high praise’): from medieval Latin eulogium, eulogia (from Greek eulogia ‘praise’), apparently influenced by Latin elogium ‘inscription on a tomb’ (from Greek elegia ‘elegy’). The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.
Check pronunciation:
eulogy