laudativeadj.n.
/ˈlɔːdətɪv/, U.S. /ˈlɔdədɪv/, /ˈlɑdədɪv/ rare.† B. n.
A. adj.in combination.1833 T. Carlyle in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. xv. 346 A kind of lampoon, laudative-vituperative (as it ought to be).
Expressive of praise; laudatory. Const. of.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > of words or expressions
praisinga1382
laudablec1420
magnifical1533
magnific1548
commendatory1555
laudatory?1567
commendable1576
laudative1609
eulogiacal1654
eulogistic1825
eulogic1831
encomiastic1841
eulogious1887
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvi. i. 52 Now whatsoever in this narration shall be delivered..shall pertaine in manner to a laudative argument.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Laudative, of or belonging to commendation, wherein praise is contained.
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 3 Strains not simply laudative of Oporto, but vituperative..of Bordeaux.
A laudative expression or discourse; a eulogy, panegyric. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun]
encomy1542
eloge1566
celebrating1573
elogium1576
encomium1589
eulogy1591
encomion1601
panegyry1602
panegyric1603
panegyre1604
laudative1605
elogy1612
laudatory1620
encomiasm1634
encomiastica1637
panegyris1646
orgya1657
eulogium1706
panegyrism1894
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G4 I haue no purpose to enter into a laudatiue of Learning. View more context for this quotation
1633 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 456 A tempest of Panegyricks and Laudatives of their Princes.
1674 T. Turner Case Bankers & Creditors Introd. 2 Thuanus..unto other Laudatives of that Princes Reign, adds this.
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