laudatory

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Borrowed from Latin laudatōrius: compare Old French laudatoire.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːdətɹi/
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laudatory (comparative more laudatory, superlative most laudatory)

  1. Of or pertaining to praise, or the expression of praise.
    laudatory verses
    • 1853, Sir James Stephen, On Desultory and Systematic Reading:
      The comparison of these two passages will probably have suggested to you the fact of the immense superiority of the satirical over the laudatory powers of Dryden.

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