laudative

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adjective

laudatory

OriginLatin laudativus →
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Meanings

adjectivelaudative (comparative more laudative, superlative most laudative)

comparative more laudative · superlative most laudative

  1. laudatory
nounlaudative (plural laudatives)

plural laudatives

  1. obsoleteA panegyric; a eulogy.

    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 Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinlaudativus“laudatory”
  2. Englishlaudative

Borrowed from Latin laudativus (“laudatory”): compare French laudatif.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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