laureateadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːrɪət/,

/ˈlɒrɪət/, U.S.

/ˈlɔriᵻt/

Forms: Also Middle English lauriat, Middle English–1500s lawreat, Middle English–1600s lawriat(e, Middle English–1800s laureat.

Etymology: < Latin laureātus crowned with laurel, < laurea laurel-tree, laurel crown, feminine of laureus made of laurel, < laurus : see laurel n.¹

A. adj.

a. Crowned with laurel, wearing a laurel crown or wreath (as a symbol of distinction or eminence).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [adjective] > having been awarded a decoration > invested with specific wreath or fillet

laureate1611

laureated1611

bay-crowned1638

rosateda1661

1611 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) sig. B^v These laureat Temples which the Laurel grace.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Laureate, crowned with Laurell.

1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 24 in Justa Edouardo King To strew the laureat herse where Lycid lies.

1747 W. Collins Odes 12 While Rome could none esteem But Virtue's Patriot Theme, You lov'd her Hills, and led her Laureat Band.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lvii. 31 The crown Which Petrarch's laureate brow supremely wore.

1864 J. Evans Coins Anc. Britons 38 The laureate head of Apollo.

b. Of a crown, wreath: Consisting of laurel, or imitating one composed of laurel (blending with the attributive use of the noun). Hence (poetic) laureate shade.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [adjective]

laureate1483

Daphnean1606

laurelled1867

Terminalia1926

saj1952

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [adjective] > having been awarded a decoration > invested with specific wreath or fillet > of a wreath: of laurel

laureate1483

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 243/1 He..sawe..saynt domynyk crowned with a crowne of gold laureate.

1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) Prol. A ij The palme laureat Whiche y^t they wan by knygthode in theyr dayes.

1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus i. 51 There may youre templs be adornd with bays..There may you sit in softe greene lauriate shade.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 1794 The Lawreat Wreath.

1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. Pref. sig. A3^v That is the Βραβεῖον, and Laureate Crown, which idle Poems will..bring to their unrelenting Authors.

1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 54 Unfading flowers Cull'd from the laureate vale's profound recess, Where never poet gain'd a wreath before.

1769 T. Gray Ode at Installation Duke of Grafton 8 To grace thy youthful brow The laureate wreath, that Cecil wore, she brings.

†c. laureate letters n. [translating Latin litterae laureatae] Obsolete a letter or dispatch announcing a victory.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letter announcing victory

laureate letters1533

laurelled letters1683

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 442 Come laureat letteris fra Posthumius, schawing all this victorie as it was fallin to Romanis.

1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Thow fall doun att the roist, My laureat lettres at the and I lowis.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 549 Lucullus dispatched his letters laureat to the Senate.

†2. With a noun denoting an agent or the like: Worthy of special distinction or honour, pre-eminent in the (indicated) sphere or faculty.The adjective often followed the noun, in imitation of Latin order.

a. gen. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]

mereeOE

athelOE

couthOE

brightOE

namecundc1175

outnumenc1175

noble?c1225

ketec1275

sheenc1275

tirfulc1275

glorious13..

losedc1305

of great renownc1330

glorifieda1340

worthly or worthy in wonea1350

clearc1374

nameda1382

solemna1387

renomeda1393

famous?a1400

renomé?a1400

renowneda1400

notedc1400

of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430

celebrate?1440

namely1440

famosec1449

honourable?c1450

notedc1450

parent?c1450

glorificatec1460

heroical?a1475

insignite?a1475

magnific1490

well-fameda1492

exemie1497

singular1497

preclare1503

magnificential1506

laureate1508

illustre?a1513

illustred1512

magnificent1513

preclared1530

grand1542

celebrated1549

heroicc1550

lustrantc1550

magnifical1557

illustrate1562

expectablec1565

ennobled1571

laurel1579

nominated1581

famosed1582

perspicuous1582

big1587

famed1595

uplifted1596

illustrious1598

celebrousc1600

luculent1600

celebrious1604

fameful1605

famoused1606

renownful1606

bruitful1609

eminent1611

insignious1620

clarousa1636

far-fameda1640

top1647

grandee1648

signalized1652

noscible1653

splendid1660

voiced1661

gloried1671

laurelled1683

distinguished1714

distinct1756

lustrious1769

trumpeted1775

spiry1825

world-famous1832

galactic1902

tycoonish1958

mega1987

1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 177 Most valyand, moste laureat hie wictour.

1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 217 Iudas, iow, Iuglour, Lollard laureate.

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. B^v No Faustus, Thou art Coniuror laureate, That canst commaund great Mephastophilis.

b. spec. Distinguished for excellence as a poet, worthy of the Muses' crown. Cf. poet laureate n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] > as a poet

laureatec1395

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [adjective] > distinguished as poet

laureatec1395

c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Prol. 31 Fraunceys Petrak the laureat poete [c1405 lauriat poete].

1423 Kingis Quair cxcvii Gowere and chaucere..Superlatiue as poetis laureate.

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie Pref. sig. B.i The famous and learned Lawreat Masters of Englande.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 17 The Laureat fraternity of Poets.

1738 S. Johnson London 198 The laureat tribe in venal verse relate, How virtue wars with persecuting fate.

3. transferred of things: Worthy of the laurel-wreath; deserving to be honoured for eloquence, etc. In later use also: Of or pertaining to poets, or to a poet laureate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] > specifically of things or actions

worthyc1300

honest1340

honourablea1393

laureate1535

reputable1659

creditable1740

defamelessa1814

smutchless1853

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poetic diction > [adjective] > high poetic language

laureate1535

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [adjective] > of or relating to poet(s)

poetic1712

laureate1814

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 32 With goldin toung and lippis laureat.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 36 Luifsum Ladeis, of langage Laureat.

?1596 J. Dickenson Shepheardes Complaint sig. B3 O how diuinely would the swaine haue sung In Laureate lines of beauteous Ladies praise?

1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 25 Come, Come, Augustus, crowne my laureat quill.

1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 18 The fancies that flow'd at this laureat meeting.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxxx. 43 There was no doubt he earn'd his laureate pension.

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xliii. 308 The laureat strains of Pindar.

B. n.

a. = poet laureate n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > title of eminent poet

poet laureatea1456

laureatea1529

arch-poet1610

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > title of eminent poet > as member of Royal Household

laureatea1677

poet laureate1686

laureateship1732

a1529 J. Skelton Calliope in Wks. (1843) I. 197 Calliope..Whiche gaue to me The high degre Laureat to be Of fame royall.

1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. i. ix. 19 Cupid hath crowned a new Laureat.

a1618 J. Sylvester Epist. J, in Wks. (1880) II. 337 O thou that art the Laureat's liberall Fautor!.. Guide thou, Apollo, this first course of mine.

a1677 M. Clifford Notes Dryden's Poems (1687) ii. 7 Our Laureat has not pass'd for so Learned a man as he desires his unlearned Admirers should esteem him.

1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 109 The courtly laureat pays His quit-rent ode, his pepper corn of praise.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. iii. 134 I really think the fire of the laureat, Pye, increases with his years.

1825 J. Keble Occas. Papers (1877) 102 The panegyrical strains of this greatest of laureates [Spenser].

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 20 Claudian..was the court laureate of the western empire till his patron's fall.

1884 Christian World 21 Aug. 629/1 Keble may be spoken of..as the laureate of the Church.

b. A court-panegyrist.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > one who composes or utters > at court

laureate1863

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xii. 305 He has indeed been their champion, their laureate, their brother, their friend.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 193 An author who was writing as the mere laureate of the Norman Court.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 3 He is very distinctly not an historian, but a biographer, sometimes a laureate.

c. transferred.

ΚΠ

1816 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers (ed. 5) 21 Laureat of the long-ear'd kind!

a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 9 Herrick was the laureate of flowers and perfumes.

1930 R. Campbell Poems 12 He..demonstrates, this laureate of the pubs, That ‘all good poets have belonged to clubs’.

1941 Scrutiny 9 384 According to their view he [sc. Proust] is the laureate of a dying society.

1954 G. W. Knight (title) Laureate of peace. On the genius of Alexander Pope.

d. Nobel laureate n. one who has been awarded a Nobel Prize.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > awards in science and the arts generally > recipient

Nobelist1936

Nobel laureate1947

1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War 144 Professor W. N. Haworth of Birmingham, the famous organic chemist and Nobel laureate.

1965 Listener 2 Sept. 329/2 Three great physiologists, all Nobel laureates.

1975 Sci. Amer. May 53/2 (advt.) Written by a Nobel Laureate in medicine, this is the first comprehensive treatment of DNA synthesis emphasizing its biochemical aspects and recent developments.

2. U.S. (See quot. 1888) Cf. laureate v. 2a.

ΚΠ

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cii. 445 Mr. D. C. Gilman..mentions the following among the degree titles awarded in some institutions to women, the titles of Bachelor and Master being deemed inappropriate:—Laureate of Science, Proficient in Music, Maid of Philosophy.

3. Numismatics. = laurel n.¹ 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > other English gold coins

sovereign1503

laurela1623

carolus1687

laureate1728

o'goblin1909

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Coin In England, the current Species of Gold, are the Guinea, Half Guinea, Jacobus, Laureat, Angel, and Rose-Noble.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Coin The Carolus or Laureat, 23s.

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laureatev.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːrɪeɪt/,

/ˈlɒrɪeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈlɔriˌeɪt/

Forms: Past tense 1600s (Scottish) laureat; past participle Middle English lauriat, Middle English–1600s laureat(e, Middle English lawriate, 1500s lawreat.

Etymology: < Latin laureātus: see laureate adj. and -ate suffix³.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

1. transitive. To crown with laurel in token of honour; to crown as victor, poet, or the like; to confer honourable distinction upon.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > as with a crown or helmet > specifically of laurel

laureatec1405

laurela1627

c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 610 To Rome agayn repaireth Iulius With his triumphe lauriat ful hye.

1430 J. Lydgate St. Margarete 497 Of martirdam thus she toke the croun..Was laureat thurgh hir parfit suffraunce.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. xv. 88 b Thus in short time this prince in his estate On land and water was twise laureate.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1889 in Poems (1981) 73 Esope, that nobill clerk, Ane poet wirthie to be lawreate.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxxvi By his reygne is all Englonde lawreat.

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. D.v Before the vyctory, no man is laureate At endyng shalt thou haue, palme, vyctory: and mede.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) I2 Let vs rather plant more Laurels, for to engarland our Poets heads, (which honor of beeing laureat, as besides them, onely tryumphant Captaines weare, is [etc.]).

2. spec.

a. To graduate or confer a University degree upon.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > take degree [verb (transitive)] > confer degree on

grade1563

commence1567

grace1573

graduate1588

manumise1619

laureate1637

manumita1662

degree1865

cap1881

1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 447 After he had past his course of philosophie, and wes laureat in St. Androes.

1662 J. Ray Three Itin. ii. 157 Most of the students here..wear no gowns, till they be laureat as they call it—that is, commence.

1695 R. Sibbald Autobiogr. (1834) 129 I was a Basler and Magistrant under Mr. William Tweedy, who laureat me July 1659.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 23 He [R. Whittington] supplicated the venerable Congregation of Regents..that he might be laureated. He was very solemnly crown'd, or his Temples adorn'd with a Wreath of Lawrel; that is, doctorated in the Arts of Grammar and Rhetorick.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 252 That old community of privileges which made the member of one university a citizen of all others,..whether he were laureated in Paris or Bologna, Upsala or St. Andrews.

1884 J. Harrison Oure Tounis Colledge iii. 63 In Aug^st 1587 Rollock laureated his first class.

b. To appoint (a poet) to the office of ‘Laureate’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > appoint as poet [verb (transitive)] > as poet-laureate

laureate1730

1730 A. Pope Of Poet Laureate in Grub-St. Jrnl. 19 Nov. If Mr. C—r be laureated.

1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. vii. 130 About the year 1489, Skelton was laureated at Oxford, and in the year 1493, was permitted to wear his laurel at Cambridge.

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单词	laureate
释义	laureateadj.n. Brit. /ˈlɔːrɪət/, /ˈlɒrɪət/, U.S. /ˈlɔriᵻt/ Forms: Also Middle English lauriat, Middle English–1500s lawreat, Middle English–1600s lawriat(e, Middle English–1800s laureat. Etymology: < Latin laureātus crowned with laurel, < laurea laurel-tree, laurel crown, feminine of laureus made of laurel, < laurus : see laurel n.¹ A. adj. 1. a. Crowned with laurel, wearing a laurel crown or wreath (as a symbol of distinction or eminence). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [adjective] > having been awarded a decoration > invested with specific wreath or fillet laureate1611 laureated1611 bay-crowned1638 rosateda1661 1611 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) sig. B^v These laureat Temples which the Laurel grace. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Laureate, crowned with Laurell. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 24 in Justa Edouardo King To strew the laureat herse where Lycid lies. 1747 W. Collins Odes 12 While Rome could none esteem But Virtue's Patriot Theme, You lov'd her Hills, and led her Laureat Band. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lvii. 31 The crown Which Petrarch's laureate brow supremely wore. 1864 J. Evans Coins Anc. Britons 38 The laureate head of Apollo. b. Of a crown, wreath: Consisting of laurel, or imitating one composed of laurel (blending with the attributive use of the noun). Hence (poetic) laureate shade. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [adjective] laureate1483 Daphnean1606 laurelled1867 Terminalia1926 saj1952 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [adjective] > having been awarded a decoration > invested with specific wreath or fillet > of a wreath: of laurel laureate1483 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 243/1 He..sawe..saynt domynyk crowned with a crowne of gold laureate. 1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) Prol. A ij The palme laureat Whiche y^t they wan by knygthode in theyr dayes. 1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus i. 51 There may youre templs be adornd with bays..There may you sit in softe greene lauriate shade. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 1794 The Lawreat Wreath. 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. Pref. sig. A3^v That is the Βραβεῖον, and Laureate Crown, which idle Poems will..bring to their unrelenting Authors. 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 54 Unfading flowers Cull'd from the laureate vale's profound recess, Where never poet gain'd a wreath before. 1769 T. Gray Ode at Installation Duke of Grafton 8 To grace thy youthful brow The laureate wreath, that Cecil wore, she brings. †c. laureate letters n. [translating Latin litterae laureatae] Obsolete a letter or dispatch announcing a victory. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letter announcing victory laureate letters1533 laurelled letters1683 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 442 Come laureat letteris fra Posthumius, schawing all this victorie as it was fallin to Romanis. 1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Thow fall doun att the roist, My laureat lettres at the and I lowis. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 549 Lucullus dispatched his letters laureat to the Senate. †2. With a noun denoting an agent or the like: Worthy of special distinction or honour, pre-eminent in the (indicated) sphere or faculty.The adjective often followed the noun, in imitation of Latin order. a. gen. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] mereeOE athelOE couthOE brightOE namecundc1175 outnumenc1175 noble?c1225 ketec1275 sheenc1275 tirfulc1275 glorious13.. losedc1305 of great renownc1330 glorifieda1340 worthly or worthy in wonea1350 clearc1374 nameda1382 solemna1387 renomeda1393 famous?a1400 renomé?a1400 renowneda1400 notedc1400 of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430 celebrate?1440 namely1440 famosec1449 honourable?c1450 notedc1450 parent?c1450 glorificatec1460 heroical?a1475 insignite?a1475 magnific1490 well-fameda1492 exemie1497 singular1497 preclare1503 magnificential1506 laureate1508 illustre?a1513 illustred1512 magnificent1513 preclared1530 grand1542 celebrated1549 heroicc1550 lustrantc1550 magnifical1557 illustrate1562 expectablec1565 ennobled1571 laurel1579 nominated1581 famosed1582 perspicuous1582 big1587 famed1595 uplifted1596 illustrious1598 celebrousc1600 luculent1600 celebrious1604 fameful1605 famoused1606 renownful1606 bruitful1609 eminent1611 insignious1620 clarousa1636 far-fameda1640 top1647 grandee1648 signalized1652 noscible1653 splendid1660 voiced1661 gloried1671 laurelled1683 distinguished1714 distinct1756 lustrious1769 trumpeted1775 spiry1825 world-famous1832 galactic1902 tycoonish1958 mega1987 1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 177 Most valyand, moste laureat hie wictour. 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 217 Iudas, iow, Iuglour, Lollard laureate. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. B^v No Faustus, Thou art Coniuror laureate, That canst commaund great Mephastophilis. b. spec. Distinguished for excellence as a poet, worthy of the Muses' crown. Cf. poet laureate n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] > as a poet laureatec1395 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [adjective] > distinguished as poet laureatec1395 c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Prol. 31 Fraunceys Petrak the laureat poete [c1405 lauriat poete]. 1423 Kingis Quair cxcvii Gowere and chaucere..Superlatiue as poetis laureate. 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie Pref. sig. B.i The famous and learned Lawreat Masters of Englande. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 17 The Laureat fraternity of Poets. 1738 S. Johnson London 198 The laureat tribe in venal verse relate, How virtue wars with persecuting fate. 3. transferred of things: Worthy of the laurel-wreath; deserving to be honoured for eloquence, etc. In later use also: Of or pertaining to poets, or to a poet laureate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] > specifically of things or actions worthyc1300 honest1340 honourablea1393 laureate1535 reputable1659 creditable1740 defamelessa1814 smutchless1853 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poetic diction > [adjective] > high poetic language laureate1535 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [adjective] > of or relating to poet(s) poetic1712 laureate1814 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 32 With goldin toung and lippis laureat. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 36 Luifsum Ladeis, of langage Laureat. ?1596 J. Dickenson Shepheardes Complaint sig. B3 O how diuinely would the swaine haue sung In Laureate lines of beauteous Ladies praise? 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 25 Come, Come, Augustus, crowne my laureat quill. 1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 18 The fancies that flow'd at this laureat meeting. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxxx. 43 There was no doubt he earn'd his laureate pension. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xliii. 308 The laureat strains of Pindar. B. n. 1. a. = poet laureate n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > title of eminent poet poet laureatea1456 laureatea1529 arch-poet1610 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > title of eminent poet > as member of Royal Household laureatea1677 poet laureate1686 laureateship1732 a1529 J. Skelton Calliope in Wks. (1843) I. 197 Calliope..Whiche gaue to me The high degre Laureat to be Of fame royall. 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. i. ix. 19 Cupid hath crowned a new Laureat. a1618 J. Sylvester Epist. J, in Wks. (1880) II. 337 O thou that art the Laureat's liberall Fautor!.. Guide thou, Apollo, this first course of mine. a1677 M. Clifford Notes Dryden's Poems (1687) ii. 7 Our Laureat has not pass'd for so Learned a man as he desires his unlearned Admirers should esteem him. 1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 109 The courtly laureat pays His quit-rent ode, his pepper corn of praise. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. iii. 134 I really think the fire of the laureat, Pye, increases with his years. 1825 J. Keble Occas. Papers (1877) 102 The panegyrical strains of this greatest of laureates [Spenser]. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 20 Claudian..was the court laureate of the western empire till his patron's fall. 1884 Christian World 21 Aug. 629/1 Keble may be spoken of..as the laureate of the Church. b. A court-panegyrist. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > one who composes or utters > at court laureate1863 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xii. 305 He has indeed been their champion, their laureate, their brother, their friend. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 193 An author who was writing as the mere laureate of the Norman Court. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 3 He is very distinctly not an historian, but a biographer, sometimes a laureate. c. transferred. ΚΠ 1816 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers (ed. 5) 21 Laureat of the long-ear'd kind! a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 9 Herrick was the laureate of flowers and perfumes. 1930 R. Campbell Poems 12 He..demonstrates, this laureate of the pubs, That ‘all good poets have belonged to clubs’. 1941 Scrutiny 9 384 According to their view he [sc. Proust] is the laureate of a dying society. 1954 G. W. Knight (title) Laureate of peace. On the genius of Alexander Pope. d. Nobel laureate n. one who has been awarded a Nobel Prize. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > awards in science and the arts generally > recipient Nobelist1936 Nobel laureate1947 1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War 144 Professor W. N. Haworth of Birmingham, the famous organic chemist and Nobel laureate. 1965 Listener 2 Sept. 329/2 Three great physiologists, all Nobel laureates. 1975 Sci. Amer. May 53/2 (advt.) Written by a Nobel Laureate in medicine, this is the first comprehensive treatment of DNA synthesis emphasizing its biochemical aspects and recent developments. 2. U.S. (See quot. 1888) Cf. laureate v. 2a. ΚΠ 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cii. 445 Mr. D. C. Gilman..mentions the following among the degree titles awarded in some institutions to women, the titles of Bachelor and Master being deemed inappropriate:—Laureate of Science, Proficient in Music, Maid of Philosophy. 3. Numismatics. = laurel n.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > other English gold coins sovereign1503 laurela1623 carolus1687 laureate1728 o'goblin1909 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Coin In England, the current Species of Gold, are the Guinea, Half Guinea, Jacobus, Laureat, Angel, and Rose-Noble. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Coin The Carolus or Laureat, 23s. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). laureatev. Brit. /ˈlɔːrɪeɪt/, /ˈlɒrɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɔriˌeɪt/ Forms: Past tense 1600s (Scottish) laureat; past participle Middle English lauriat, Middle English–1600s laureat(e, Middle English lawriate, 1500s lawreat. Etymology: < Latin laureātus: see laureate adj. and -ate suffix³. Obsolete exc. Historical. 1. transitive. To crown with laurel in token of honour; to crown as victor, poet, or the like; to confer honourable distinction upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > as with a crown or helmet > specifically of laurel laureatec1405 laurela1627 c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 610 To Rome agayn repaireth Iulius With his triumphe lauriat ful hye. 1430 J. Lydgate St. Margarete 497 Of martirdam thus she toke the croun..Was laureat thurgh hir parfit suffraunce. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. xv. 88 b Thus in short time this prince in his estate On land and water was twise laureate. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1889 in Poems (1981) 73 Esope, that nobill clerk, Ane poet wirthie to be lawreate. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxxvi By his reygne is all Englonde lawreat. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. D.v Before the vyctory, no man is laureate At endyng shalt thou haue, palme, vyctory: and mede. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) I2 Let vs rather plant more Laurels, for to engarland our Poets heads, (which honor of beeing laureat, as besides them, onely tryumphant Captaines weare, is [etc.]). 2. spec. a. To graduate or confer a University degree upon. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > take degree [verb (transitive)] > confer degree on grade1563 commence1567 grace1573 graduate1588 manumise1619 laureate1637 manumita1662 degree1865 cap1881 1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 447 After he had past his course of philosophie, and wes laureat in St. Androes. 1662 J. Ray Three Itin. ii. 157 Most of the students here..wear no gowns, till they be laureat as they call it—that is, commence. 1695 R. Sibbald Autobiogr. (1834) 129 I was a Basler and Magistrant under Mr. William Tweedy, who laureat me July 1659. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 23 He [R. Whittington] supplicated the venerable Congregation of Regents..that he might be laureated. He was very solemnly crown'd, or his Temples adorn'd with a Wreath of Lawrel; that is, doctorated in the Arts of Grammar and Rhetorick. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 252 That old community of privileges which made the member of one university a citizen of all others,..whether he were laureated in Paris or Bologna, Upsala or St. Andrews. 1884 J. Harrison Oure Tounis Colledge iii. 63 In Aug^st 1587 Rollock laureated his first class. b. To appoint (a poet) to the office of ‘Laureate’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > appoint as poet [verb (transitive)] > as poet-laureate laureate1730 1730 A. Pope Of Poet Laureate in Grub-St. Jrnl. 19 Nov. If Mr. C—r be laureated. 1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. vii. 130 About the year 1489, Skelton was laureated at Oxford, and in the year 1493, was permitted to wear his laurel at Cambridge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1395v.c1405
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