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plaudit, n.|ˈplɔːdɪt|
Also 7 -ite.
[Shortened from plaudite.]
An act of applauding; a round of applause; a clapping of the hands, or other audible expression of approval or praise; hence, any emphatic expression of approval.
1624Quarles Job Prop. Wk., Div. Poems (1630) 171 Expect the Plaudit, when the Play is done. a1668Denham Poems, Of Old Age iv. 44 True Wisdom must our Actions so direct, Not only the last Plaudite to expect. 1739‘R. Bull’ tr. Dedekindus' Grobianus 59 Happy! tho' all dislike, if still you find The Plaudit of your own impartial Mind. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxv, The Romeo was received with hearty plaudits. 1883S. C. Hall Retrospect II. 247 Preferring the noisy plaudits of the pit and gallery to the silent.. approval of the cultivated few.
Hence ˈplaudit v. (rare), also 7 -ite, to applaud.
1640Yorke Union Hon., Commend. Verses, He that has Wit To flash a line, and friends to plaudite it May weare the Laurell. 1906H. Sutcliffe in Westm. Gaz. 22 Mar. 2/3 The world should hear my song, And warlike men and striplings Should plaudit high and long. |
