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eloges

eloges is the plural of eloge.

Meaning of eloge

Noun

eloge (plural eloges)

  1. (obsolete) An expression of praise.
  2. 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’.2008, Richard Holmes, The Age of Wonder, HarperPress, published 2009, page 430
  3. Specifically, the statement made by a new member of the French Academy about his predecessor.

Questions about eloges

What is eloges the plural of?
Eloges is the plural of eloge.

Words near eloges in the dictionary

  1. elodeid
  2. elodeids
  3. elodian
  4. elodians
  5. eloge
  6. eloges
  7. elogia
  8. elogies
  9. elogist
  10. elogists
  11. elogium

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