Panegyric (noun)
pan-e-jir-ik
A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
Early 17th century from French panégyrique, via Latin from Greek panēgurikos ‘of public assembly’, from pan ‘all’ + aguris ‘agora, assembly’.
Example sentences
“It was nothing but a panegyric for the regime, dressed up as advice.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
