Meanings
laurels1
- pluralplural onlyHonors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with bays, sacred to Apollo.
Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of laurel
Laurels2
- pluralplural of Laurel
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
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