a. Obs. Also 7 epænitic, 8 epainetic. [ad. Gr. ἐπαινετικός, f. ἐπαινέειν to praise.] Laudatory, panegyrical.
1675. Phillips, Theatr. Poet., Pref. **5 b. In whatever kind of Poetry, whether the Epic, the Dramatic … the Epænetic, the Bucolic, or the Epigram.
1687. Winstanley, Lives Eng. Poets, Ep to Rdr. Some addicting themselves most to the Epick,… other to the Elegiack, the Epænitick, the Bucolick, or the Epigram.
1736. Bailey, Epainetick Poem comprehends the Hymn, the Epithalamium, the Genethliacon, or what else tends to the praise or congratulation of the Divine persons and persons eminent upon earth.
