encomiast

(ĕn-kō'mē-ăst', -əst)
n.
A person who delivers or writes an encomium; a eulogist.

[Greek enkōmiastēs, from enkōmiazein, to praise, from enkōmion, encomium. See encomium.]

encomiastic en·co'mi·as'tic (-ăs'tĭk) or en·co'mi·as'ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl) adj.

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A special (but not particular) kind of liar.

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See words rhyming with "encomiast."