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plaudite|ˈplɔːdɪtiː|
Also 6 plaudetie -ytie, 6–7 -itie, -ity.
[a. L. plauditē applaud (ye)! 2 pl. imperative of plaudĕre to applaud; the customary appeal for applause made by Roman actors at the end of a play. The ending was early confounded with that of ns. in -ity; later the final -e became mute, giving rise to plaudit.]
1. An appeal for applause at the conclusion of a play or other performance. (Now only as Latin.)
1567Drant Horace, Art of Poetry A v, That when the Epilogue is done we may with franke intente, After the plaudite stryke vp our plausible assente. 1606Holland Sueton. 84 He adioyned with all this finall conclusion, for a Plaudite,..Now clap your hands and all with ioy resound a shout. 1880Shorthouse J. Inglesant xxvi. 363 A theatre built in a mausoleum, and pantomime airs and the ‘plaudite’ heard amid the awful silence of the grave.
†2. transf. A round of applause. Obs. (Now plaudit.)[The request put for the thing requested: cf. to grant a petition, request, etc.] 1573G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 129 A Plaudite and Deo Gratias for so happy an euente, And then to borrowe a nappe, I shalbe contente. 1575Gammer Gurton v. ii, For Gammer Gurtons nedle sake, let vs haue a plaudytie. 1623I. M. To Mem. Shaks. in S.'s Wks., That's but an Exit of Mortalitie; This, a Re-entrance to a Plaudite. 1711Steele Spect. No. 248 ⁋5 The House passed his Account with a Plaudite. |