Home › Words › L › laudativelaudativelaudative · adj — laudatory.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, laudative ranks #8,653 of 42,998 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin laudativus (“laudatory”): compare French laudatif.adjlaudatorynounA panegyric; a eulogy.e.g.“men have entered into a purpose to enter into a laudative of learning” — 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas CreDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).