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Great new (to me) word: Hagiographic Definition: Excessively flattering
by metadat 4y ago
Great new (to me) word:
Hagiographic
Definition: Excessively flattering
- mwest217 4y agoThe origin adds additional color here - hagiography is writing about the lives of saints. So the adjectival form just means that it's portraying someone as (perhaps excessively) saintly.
- hodgesrm 4y agoHagiography is literally writing about the lives of saints: a sturdy addition to any writer's vocabulary. To avoid overuse there are also fine synonyms like panegyric (defined as "elaborate praise" in the OED) and encomium.