belaud

American  

[bih-lawd] / bɪˈlɔd /

verb (used with object)

1. to praise excessively.

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Other Word Forms

• belauder noun

Etymology

Origin of belaud

First recorded in 1840–50; be- + laud

Example Sentences

I've a notion     All's bad that the critics belaud.

From Shapes of Clay by Bierce, Ambrose

This is not to belaud the present system, any more than it is optimistic to say this is the best of all possible worlds.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

I cannot understand those folk who sniff at the English music-hall and belaud the Parisian shows.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas

Crassus on this occasion, between whom and Cicero there was never much friendship, took occasion to belaud the late great Consul on account of his Catiline successes.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony

His only regret was that the wine was not better, and he would belaud the wines of the Rhine.

From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Cannan, Gilbert