applausive

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adjective

Conveying applause.

OriginLatin applaudō →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveapplausive (comparative more applausive, superlative most applausive)

comparative more applausive · superlative most applausive

  1. Conveying applause.

    The young woman grew deadly pale, and cast an apprehensive glance upon Maitre Pierre, in whom the bravado of the young gallant seemed only to excite laughter, more scornful than applausive.

    1823, [Walter Scott], Quentin Durward. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinapplaudō
  2. Englishapplausive

Formed as *applaus- (the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin applaudō) + -ive, thus resembling a regular Anglicisation of a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *applausīvus. By surface analysis, applause + -ive.

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APA

applausive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applausive

MLA

“applausive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applausive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “applausive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applausive.

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