laud

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To praise someone or something highly, often publicly.

   Critics lauded the young director for her bold and original film.

2. 2
   noun

   Praise or high honour.

   The hymn was sung in laud of the city's founders.

From Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.

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