;Posted on 09/08/2014 5:37:23 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 9/8/14
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
panegyric; noun
1. a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
2. formal or elaborate praise.
Etymology: 1590-1600; < Latin, noun use of panēgyricus of, belonging to a public assembly < Greek panēgyrikós, equivalent to panḗgyr (is) solemn assembly ( pan- pan- + -ēgyris, combining form of ágyris gathering; cf. category ) + -ikos -ic panegyrical, adjective
panegyrically, adverb
self-panegyric, adjective
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Here is my example with WFTD.
There are inadequate words with which to compose a panegyric of the XSwedding that took place this past weekend. It was just a wonderful, heart-warming event.
No pushing at the door please!
Good morning, I am having a happiness hangover from the weekend wedding festivities!
Wow, me being first in class never happens!
I’m helping my daughter and son in law this morning - meeting some contractors at their house...but can’t wait to hear about the wedding!!!!
pronunciation for panegyric
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/pronunciation/british/panegyric
The panegyric of this word is over the top.
All went swimmingly?
Will Perry overcome the panegyric
For Ms. Clinton; are you gonna try, Rick?
He stood up to the flow
Of illegals, and so
The mainstreamers now all want to fry Rick
Congrats to the family. Many years of happiness!
Awesome!!!
The cookie table deserves its own panegyric! It was spectacular. WTG, Pittsburgh mom.
Nice!
Hot down here, but was working indoors most of the time refinishing St Ronnie’s cabinets. Did the weather cooperate with the wedding planners, participants, and post-partum predecessors? 8<)
(But if you wash a window by wiping in circles with a dirty cloth, do you look at the world through panegyric smears?)
Thanks for that! A+++
I don’t do the ribbons, but if I did, you’d have first place!
yes, it was completely stress-free and soooo much fun, I would like to do it again! It was grotesquely HOT but the sky was blue and the storms waited until evening to hit.
A+++ perfect!
thanks so much, truthy! have already received pix from Positano this AM, they have a breathtaking view from their room.
thank you! A+++
Completely stress free? That hardly seems right.
Congratulations to the happy couple :)
honestly, we felt no stress, at least xsteen and I didn’t. xshub was sort of nauseous when we were driving to the church, said he’d not been that nervous since sitting for the bar exam. Even though he knew that he really had nothing to do but to walk her down the aisle. His toast at the wedding made me bawl, it was so touching and sweet. My brother did the blessing and that also made me bawl, and my nephew-in-law [niece’s hub] who is a concert pianist, played at the reception and that also made me bawl. so I bawled off and on throughout, but was mostly just really really happy. the DJ, who is a family friend, played xshub’s and my first dance song at the reception for us to dance to, and that was very special.
oh and the bridal party made a hockey stick arch for them to walk through out of the reception to their limo, and we threw rose petals. xsboy had 15 sticks in the garage and that’s what they used. we were in the country club waiting to walk out with them and the bridal party was out there hitting their sticks on the walkway and xsGROOM said, OMG, xsboy’s gonna be P!$$ed at them slamming his sticks! LOL!
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