eulogy, encomium, commentary

Hold the Eulogies, Kennedy Says
By MARK LEIBOVICH
As he endures grueling cancer treatments, Senator Edward M. Kennedy is intent on racing time rather than looking back.




According to several anecdotes, T. S. Eliot heaped praise on his brilliance. At a memorial program at New York University earlier this month, encomiums for the man -- who spent his career writing translations and commentary on Plato, a book on ''The Odyssey'' (''The Bow and the Lyre'') and essays on Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristotle -- were offered by philosophers and classicists, including Ronna Burger of Tulane University and Michael Davis of Sarah Lawrence College, both of whom edited the current collection.

com・men・ta・ry

━━ n. 注釈（書）, 解説（書）; 論評; 実況放送.
⇒comment

Definition

eulogy Show phonetics
noun [C or U] FORMAL
a speech, piece of writing, poem, etc. containing great praise, especially for someone who recently died or stopped working:
He was the most self-effacing of men - the last thing he would have relished was a eulogy.
The song was a eulogy to the joys of travelling.

eulogist Show phonetics
noun [C] FORMAL

eulogistic Show phonetics
adjective FORMAL

eulogize, UK USUALLY eulogise Show phonetics
verb [T; I usually + adverb or preposition] FORMAL
to praise someone or something in a speech or piece of writing:
Critics everywhere have eulogized her new novel.
They eulogized over the breathtaking views.

en・co・mi・um

━━ n. （pl. ～s, en・co・mia ） 賛辞, 賛美 （eulogy）.
en・co・mi・ast
　━━ n. 礼賛者.