Noun

(uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.

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(countable) An instance of excessive praise.

Noun

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(often used in plural)

* 1860 , Henry Brooke, William Peter Strickland, Charles Kingsley, The Fool of Quality: Or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland , page 171:

As soon as they had finished, the whole assembly could scarce refrain from breaking forth in loud plaudits , as at the public theatre ; and a humming of mixed voices and patting feet was heard throughout.