puffatory
/ˈpʌfət(ə)ri/Now rare
adjective
Of the nature of a puff; (of criticism, etc.) extravagantly or undeservedly laudatory; eulogistic.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Blackwood's Magazine. From puff + -atory, after laudatory.
- tea caddy
- teacake
- tea ceremony
- teach
- teachability
- teachable
- teachable moment
- teachableness
- teacher
- teacherage
- teacherly
- teachers college
- tea chest
- teach-in
- teaching
- teaching fellow
- teaching hospital
- teaching machine
- teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
- teach school
- teach someone a lesson
- Teachta Dála
- tea cloth
- death knell
- deathless