Plaudit (noun)
plaw-dit
an enthusiastic expression of approval.
An earlier version of plaudit was plaudite, which was pronounced as three syllables. Plaudite came from Latin plaudere, meaning “to applaud.”
Example sentences
“She was given a hearty plaudit by the crowd.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
