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applausive, a.|əˈplɔːsɪv|
[f. L. applaus- ppl. stem of applaud-ĕre + -ive, as if ad. L. *applausīv-us.]
Characterized by applause.
1. Loudly expressive of approbation.
1609Heywood Bryt. Troy xiv. xl, In the campe with much applausive ioy, Grim Pyrrhus is received. 1823Scott Quentin D. iv, Laughter, more scornful than applausive. 1843Tennyson Vision of Sin 135 Greet her with applausive breath.
2. Expressive of approval; approbative.
1628Earle Microcosm. xlvi, He can listen to a foolish discourse with an applausive attention. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 85/1 If he sneezed himself before the enterprize, it was applausive. 1866J. Rose Virg. Ecl. & Georg. 103 Then let them [horses] learn their master's voice to know, And arch the neck to his applausive blow.
†3. Worthy of applause: agreeable, acceptable.
1605Chapman All Fools ii, That same vayne of rayling became Now most applausive; your best poet is He that rails grossest. 1607Heywood Wom. Kilde 128 The pleasing taste of these applausive newes. |