encomiast
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
encomiast /ɛnˈkəʊmɪast/
▶noun formal a person who publicly praises or flatters someone else.
– derivatives
encomiastic adjective.
encomiastic adjective.
– origin C17: from Gk enkōmiastēs, from enkōmiazein ‘to praise’.
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