plaudit
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Is plaudit a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (now often specifically) An award or commendation; a formal recognition of approval or achievement.Examples: "Sofie has been showered in plaudits for her paradigm-shifting discoveries."; "Today, beyond its magnificent courtyard entrance, there is a spa and a plaudit-winning restaurant, Pearl, but Carla remembers: “There were hiccups and we were late opening, but we finally got there on December 16. […]"; "A former Wanaka-based builder has been awarded a plaudit for his education efforts to combine sustainable building designs alongside the carpentry courses he now teaches at the Waikato Institute of Technology."Synonyms: accolade, award, encomium, honour, prizein-pluraloftenspecifically
verb (English)
1. (rare, usually transitive) To issue or confer a plaudit upon.Examples: "Floris grumpily yammered on about how the actors hardly deserved to be plaudited."; "Dunces may take degrees, and we have ſeene / Authors and Poets, come forth at foureteene. / The like lucke haunts the Court, he that has wit / To flaſh a line, and friends to plaudite it."; "Much plaudited by Sir Adrian Cadbury and practised by companies as prestigious as BP, the policy governance model is at once both complex and simple."Synonyms: applaud, award, honourin-pluraloftenraretransitiveusually
Definition source: Wiktionary