Both Uses of
eulogy
in
Middlemarch
- "I regretted it especially," he resumed, taking the usual course from detraction to insincere eulogy, "because of my gratitude and respect towards my cousin.†
Chpt 2 *
- I am not in a position to express my feeling toward Mr. Casaubon: it would be at best a pensioner's eulogy."†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(eulogy) a formal expression of praise -- typically a speech given at someone's funeraleditor's notes: A eulogy almost always refers to someone who has recently died, but it is also used under other circumstances. A related word, eulogize (to speak or write a eulogy praising someone or something), may be even more commonly used in non-death circumstances than in circumstances of death.