laudator
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who lauds.
Example Sentences
- "As in most speeches, exaggeration and embellishment were standard devices by which the laudator amplified his subject's virtues or vices."
- "To the extent that he is visible at all, the poet fulfils the role of laudator, not commentator on or representative of a world view."
- "When he made all those wrong decisions in his business and private life, he expected me to be a sycophant, a laudator,or a yes-man."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin laus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laudō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin laudatorbor. English laudator Borrowed from Latin laudator.