English Explanatory Dictionary

applausive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Conveying applause.

Word forms

applausive more applausive most applausive

Etymology

Formed as *applaus- (the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin applaudō) + -ive, thus resembling a regular Anglicisation of a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *applausīvus. By surface analysis, applause + -ive.

Derived words

applausively unapplausive
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