plaudit means A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.
plaudit is pronounced /ˈplɔːdɪt/.
Why “plaudit” is a great word
PLAUDIT — [Noun] An expression of enthusiastic praise or approval, especially from an audience or the public. From the Latin 'plaudite', the second-person plural imperative of 'plaudere' ("to applaud, clap, strike"), originally a call by Roman actors for audience applause; entered English in the early 17th century as a shortening of 'plaudite'. Unlike "applause" (which denotes the specific, percussive act of clapping) or "commendation" (which suggests official praise from an authority), a plaudit is the broader, warmer substance of that noise made manifest—the critic's written rave, the crowd's collective roar, the public's sustained murmur of regard. It is the thunderous ovation crystallized into a review, the roar of a crowd distilled into a citation, and the collective murmur of admiration made permanent in print—the formal afterlife of a moment's noise, all ghosts of an ancient demand for validation, now given freely.
noun
- A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.“The plaudits reverberated thunderously in the auditorium.”
- An award or commendation; a formal recognition of approval or achievement.“Sofie has been showered in plaudits for her paradigm-shifting discoveries.”
verb
- To issue or confer a plaudit upon.“Floris grumpily yammered on about how the actors hardly deserved to be plaudited.”