| Front | panegyric \pan-i-JIR-ik, -JY-rik\ |
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| Back | noun A formal or elaborate oration in praise of someone or something; eulogy. [On certain fixed dates throughout the year, the ancient Greeks would come together for religious meetings. Such gatherings could range from hometown affairs to great national assemblies, but large or small, the meeting was called a "panegyris." (That name comes from "pan," meaning "all," and "agyris," meaning "assembly.") At those assemblies, speakers provided the main entertainment, and they delivered glowing orations extolling the praises of present civic leaders and reliving the past glories of Greek cities. To the Greeks, those laudatory speeches were "panegyrikos," which means "of or for a panegyris." Latin speakers ultimately transformed "panegyrikos" into the noun "panegyricus," and English speakers adapted that Latin term to form "panegyric."] "Football's over reliance on expert based statistics, mathematical probabilities and the highest panegyric going to non-players goes against my grain." |
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