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单词 kudos
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kudosn.

Brit. /ˈkjuːdɒs/, U.S. /ˈkuˌdoʊs/
Etymology: < Greek κῦδος praise, renown.
slang (originally University slang) and colloquial.
1. Glory, fame, renown.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun]
hereworda1100
famec1290
lose1297
renownc1330
namecouthhead1340
noblessec1350
namec1384
reputationc1390
emprisea1393
renomeea1393
celebrity?c1400
enpressc1400
notec1400
renowneec1430
flavourc1449
honestnessa1450
bruita1470
renome?1473
famosity1535
famousness1548
renownedness1596
celebration1631
rumour1638
notedness1661
noise1670
distinction1699
eminence1702
éclat1742
baya1764
kudos1831
lionhood1833
lionism1835
lionship1837
lionization1841
stardom1865
spotlight1875
réclame1883
stellardom1883
the big cheesea1910
big time1910
star billing1910
starring1913
megastardom1981
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > for something done
thank1297
prick and praise (also price, prise, prize)?a1534
kudos1831
1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 391 He obtained kudos immense.
1841 B. Disraeli Let. 23 Feb. in Corr. with Sister (1886) 171 I am spoken of with great kudos in ‘Cecil’.
1859 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 168 Lyell has read about half of the volume in clean sheets, and gives me very great kudos.
1889 Boy's Own Paper 17 Aug. 729/1 Our champion was held to have lost no kudos in the encounter.
1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard vii. 196 News services buzzed, but George Doodie sought no kudos; his name was mentioned only once.
1972 J. Creasey Splinter of Glass vii. 55 He wanted Roger to take the kicks if this failed but was prepared to give him the kudos if the use of the newspapers succeeded.
2. Sometimes interpreted as plural /ˈkjuːdəʊz/; hence used in form ˈkudo, understood as singular. Honourable mention, praise for an achievement (see also quot. 1941).
ΚΠ
1941 J. Smiley Hash House Lingo 34 Kudo, good standing with the management.
1950 F. Allen in G. Marx et al. Groucho Lett. (1967) 73 A man sitting on a toilet bowl swung open the men's room door and added his kudo to the acclaim.
1961 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Oct. 12/2 This did not win Mr. Eisenhower many kudos in the press.
1963 Life 19 Apr. 29/2 A kudo to Life for a fine story on baseball's spring training.
1972 Sunday Mirror 17 Sept. 47/1 This below-strength Chelsea side captured the few kudos that were going.
1972 Homes & Gardens Nov. 60 It seems almost a kudos to have a lady pilot.
1972 Bankers' Mag. Winter 23/2 Kudos are expressed to Messrs. Gene Jackson, Joel Anderson, and John Tolford for their aid.

Derivatives

ˈkudize v. Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester I. xix. 234 He kudized Louisa, who blushed when he compared her to Penthesilea.
ˈkudos v. to praise, laud, glorify.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1799 R. Southey Eng. Eclogues in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 57 Lauded in pious Latin to the skies; Kudos'd egregiously in heathen Greek.

Draft additions June 2006

Originally U.S. kudos to ——: praise or credit to —— for an achievement; congratulations to ——.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun]
lofeOE
heryingc897
lovingeOE
hereworda1100
pricec1225
laudc1384
magnifyingc1384
allowancec1390
loange1390
lof-wordc1390
roosec1390
commendation1393
commendinga1400
presa1400
commendmentc1400
praisea1425
roosinga1425
lauding1489
lovage1489
laudationa1500
magnificationa1500
predication1528
extolling1558
advancement1564
celebrating1573
plauda1593
applause1600
extolment1604
panegyric1613
collaudation1623
commendatinga1625
say-well1629
renown1631
euge1658
extollation1661
eulogy1725
acclaim1759
eulogism1761
encomium1785
eulogium1803
commemoration1823
glorification1850
laudification1890
bualadh bos1908
kudos to ——1936
1936 Time 13 July 2/1 All kudos to Eurich and Wilson for the Current Affairs Test in the magazine for June 29.
1939 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 26 108 There has not been a book like this. Kudos to the Royal Nonesuch.
1943 N.Y. Times 20 Aug. 24 (advt.) Kudos to the New York Times.
1968 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 48 758/2 Kudos to Grosset and Dunlap for bringing out this inexpensive edition with full color plates.
1990 N.Y. Woman Oct. 23/3 Kudos to your wonderful magazine.
1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xvii. 544 He's a man reborn, okay, bravo, kudos to him, what I'm saying here is he owes me.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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