English

Noun
plaudits

1. context|often used in plural plural of|plaudit

#* 1860, Henry Brooke, William Peter Strickland, Charles Kingsley, The Fool of Quality: Or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland, page 171:
#*: As soon as they had finished, the whole assembly could scarce refrain from breaking forth in loud plaudits, as at the public theatre ; and a humming of mixed voices and patting feet was heard throughout.

• 2007-08-21 21:58 - Rodasmith - move etymology to lemma "[[plaudit]]"; replace example with quotation

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