un lauded
verb (used with object)
1.
to praise; extol.
noun
2.
a song or hymn of praise.
3.
lauds, (used with a singular or plural verb) Ecclesiastical. a canonical hour, marked especially by psalms of praise, usually recited with matins.
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) Middle English lauden < Latin laudāre to praise, derivative of laus (stem laud-) praise; (noun) Middle English laude, back formation from laudes (plural) < Late Latin, special use of plural of Latin laus praise
1300–50; (v.) Middle English lauden < Latin laudāre to praise, derivative of laus (stem laud-) praise; (noun) Middle English laude, back formation from laudes (plural) < Late Latin, special use of plural of Latin laus praise
Related forms
deɪ o·ver·laud, verb (used with object)
un·laud·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. applaud, honor.
1. applaud, honor.
Antonyms
1. censure.
1. censure.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to praise or glorify |
| —n | |
| 2. | praise or glorification |
| [C14: vb from Latin laudāre; n from laudēs, pl of Latin laus praise] | |
| 'lauder | |
| —n | |
| Laud (lɔːd) | |
| —n | |
| William. 1573--1645, English prelate; archbishop of Canterbury (1633--45). His persecution of Puritans and his High Church policies in England and Scotland were a cause of the Civil War; he was impeached by the Long Parliament (1640) and executed | |
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Word Origin & History
laud
late 14c., from O.Fr. lauder, from L. laudere "to praise," from laus (gen. laudis) "praise, fame glory." Cognate with O.E. leoð "song, poem, hymn," from P.Gmc. *leuthan (cf. O.N. ljoð "strophe," Ger. Lied "song," Goth. liuþon "to praise"). Related: Laudatory.
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