laurelled

English

Alternative forms

• laureled

Etymology

laurel +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɒɹəld/, /ˈlɔːɹəld/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹəld, -ɔːɹəld

Verb

laurelled

1. (UK) simple past and past participle of laurel

Adjective

laurelled

1. Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
   • 1834, William Henry Smyth, Descriptive catalogue of a cabinet of Roman imperial large-brass medals:

     The laurelled head of Macrious, with the usual peculiarities, and the lorica strapped over his shoulders.

2. Highly honored
   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho: Unreliable Memoirs, →ISBN:

     A heavily laurelled Irish bard – no, not the one you're thinking of: another one, with less talent – was reading a purportedly humorous poem to the usual sporadic titters, and I heard a recognizable Scots voice in the crowd near me growl, 'I don't think that's funny. Why does anyone think that's funny. I don't think that's funny.'

   • 2012, John Freeman, How to Read a Novelist, →ISBN, page 209:

     Her most laurelled novels, which make up The Wonderland Quartet, include the National Book Award–winning Them, and charts the decline of working-class America in the 1960s.