laudatory
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin laudatorius: compare Old French laudatoire.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
laudatory (comparative more laudatory, superlative most laudatory)
- 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.