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eulogy

/ˈjuːlədʒi/YOO-luh-jee
/ˈjulədʒi/YOO-luh-jee

Meaningpraise

Common meaning: speech praising someone, especially after death

Journey through time

  1. Greekeulogia‘praise’source
  2. Latineulogiumsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftspraise → speech praising someone, especially after deatheulogy‘speech praising someone, especially after death’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek eulogia ‘praise’.

Roots

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