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laud

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Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/lɔːd/
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/lɔːd/ · /loːd/ · /lɔd/ · /lɑd/

Definition of laud

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Glorification or praise.
    “So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […]”
    “Laud be to God”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Glorification or praise.
    “So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […]”
    “Laud be to God”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Hymn of praise.
  3. (countable, in-plural, uncountable)A prayer service following matins.

verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To praise; to glorify.
    “And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god.”
    “The most recognised and lauded dictionary of Indian English today is Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, first published in 1886 and updated by William Crooke in 1903.”

name

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana, United States.

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Etymology

From Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

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