Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Enthusiastic expression of praise or approval: a new play that opened to the plaudits of the critics.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An expression or round of applause; praise bestowed with audible demonstrations: in the plural, equivalent to applause.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
WordNet 3.0
- n. enthusiastic approval
Etymologies
- From Latin plaudite, second-person plural imperative of plaudere (" to applaud"). (Wiktionary)
- Short for Latin plaudite, pl. imperative of plaudere, to applaud (used at the end of Roman plays). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I’m on a semi-vacation for a couple of weeks and posting lightly or on offbeat topics such such as plaudit abuse that I normally deal with only in the context of book reviews.”
“Some people might say that “plaudit” has value as a substitute for “praise” if that word has appeared repeatedly.”
“As a plaudit, "recently established definitive Russian text" may sound like a pedantic mouthful, but Platonov is anything but a writer of merely academic interest.”
“Wayne Brady, who's up for the Outstanding Game Show Host plaudit, will host.”
“First of all, we have Natalie Portman's astonishingly physical and emotional tour de force, which is worthy of every plaudit and award she has and will win.”
The Huffington Post: Scott Mendelson: 2010 in Review: Favorite Films of the Year
“Here he's staging an early career retrospective, a plaudit ordinarily reserved for "more elderly, dead or successful artists", as he puts it.”
“But let us pause to pile on an additional plaudit.”
The Washington Post: Duke, Butler succeed off the court, too
“When he finally won an Oscar for The Departed in 2007, it was widely accepted that the long-overdue award was as much an apology from the Academy for failing properly to honour his past glories as a plaudit for his deft remaking of the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs.”
The Guardian: Martin Scorsese: '3D is liberating. Every shot is rethinking cinema'
“A fellow who teaches fashion design at the University of Westminster delivered the inevitable plaudit of the moment: "What she's doing is quite subversive" — a sentiment as trite as it is untrue.”
The Wall Street Journal: Lady Gaga and Liberace: Separated at Birth?
“As the judges for these annual awards, we do our best to identify the most deserving recipients of this unwelcome plaudit.”
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