OriginFrom French éloge, from Latin ēlogium. Doublet of elogy.
- obsoleteAn expression of praise.
- A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died.
“In a later éloge, Georges Cuvier called it, with pardonable exaggeration, ‘in some respects the last words of a dying Plato’.”
- Specifically, the statement made by a new member of the French Academy about his predecessor.
Formseloges(plural)