1
: an act or round of applause
2
: enthusiastic approval
—usually used in plural
received the plaudits of the critics
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You earn plaudits for your etymological knowledge if you can connect plaudit to words besides the familiar applaud and applause. A word coined by shortening Latin plaudite, meaning "applaud," plaudit had gained approval status in English by the first years of the 17th century. Latin plaudite is a form of the verb plaudere, meaning "to applaud"; plaudere, in turn, is ancestor to explode, plausible, and the archaic displode (a synonym of explode).
Examples of plaudit in a Sentence
the proud parents bragged that their daughter had received many plaudits for her academic achievements
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Viel got the Gordon Bombay jacket from his teammates, but LaCombe received the plaudits from his coach.
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Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Hopefully, Biedermann will not be spoiled by his plaudits.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Yet the band was undeniably a step behind the surge of fire and fury a few years previous, and struggled to garner the same plaudits as some of its peers.
—Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026
Their quality, richly saturated and startlingly clear, transformed the market for the stone worldwide and earned Sauer widespread plaudits for both championing their use and stretching the definition of what an emerald could do.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Hopefully, Biedermann will not be spoiled by his plaudits.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Yet the band was undeniably a step behind the surge of fire and fury a few years previous, and struggled to garner the same plaudits as some of its peers.
—Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026
Their quality, richly saturated and startlingly clear, transformed the market for the stone worldwide and earned Sauer widespread plaudits for both championing their use and stretching the definition of what an emerald could do.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for plaudit
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“Plaudit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaudit. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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