encomiast

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγκωμιαστής (enkōmiastḗs).

encomiast means A person who delivers an encomium or eulogy. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

ENCOMIAST — [Noun] A person who delivers or writes an encomium; a eulogist. From the Ancient Greek ἐγκωμιαστής (enkōmiastḗs), from ἐγκώμιον (enkṓmion, "laudatory ode, panegyric") + -στής (-stḗs, agent suffix). Unlike a panegyrist, who declaims formal, public oratory, or a sycophant, who traffics in self-serving flattery, the encomiast is an artisan of crafted tribute. He is the poet composing a birthday ode for a patron, the biographer smoothing a subject's rough edges into marble, or the friend drafting the toast that honors a lifetime of quiet diligence—a curator of legacy, building a shelter of words against the silent, erasing tide of time.

noun

A person who delivers an encomium or eulogy.“Another manifestation, significantly reaching its apogee in the midst of Antonine virtues, was the growing popularity of adoxographical exercises. Mock panegyrics were dashed off, not just by sardonic intellectuals such as Lucian, but also by trained courtiers and polished encomiasts of the stamp of [Marcus Cornelius] Fronto.”