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plaudit

plau·dit

UK/ˈplɔːdɪt/ US/ˈplɔdɪt/ uncommon rare

noun

1.

enthusiastic approval

  • “the book met with modest acclaim”
  • “he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd”
  • “they gave him more eclat than he really deserved”
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Origin

For earlier plaudite, borrowed from Latin plaudite, second-person plural imperative of plaudere (“to applaud”).

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