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Traditional English :: praise
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praiseworthiness.html - v. & n. --v.tr.
1 express warm approval or admiration of.
2 glorify (God) in words. --n. the act or an instance of praising; commendation (won high praise; were loud in their praises). praise be! an exclamation of pious gratitude. sing the praises of commend (a person) highly. praiseful adj. praiser n. [ME f. OF preisier price, prize, praise, f. LL pretiare f. L pretium price: cf. PRIZE(1)] |
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Traditional English :: praiseworthy
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praiseworthiness.html - adj. worthy of praise; commendable. praiseworthily adv. praiseworthiness n. |
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Traditional English :: praise
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praiseworthiness.html - v. & n. --v.tr.
1 express warm approval or admiration of.
2 glorify (God) in words. --n. the act or an instance of praising; commendation (won high praise; were loud in their praises). praise be! an exclamation of pious gratitude. sing the praises of commend (a person) highly. praiseful adj. praiser n. [ME f. OF preisier price, prize, praise, f. LL pretiare f. L pretium price: cf. PRIZE(1)] |
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Traditional English :: praiseworthy
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praiseworthiness.html - adj. worthy of praise; commendable. praiseworthily adv. praiseworthiness n. |
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Traditional English :: prairie
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praiseworthiness.html - n. a large area of usu. treeless grassland esp. in N. America. prairie chicken (or hen) a N. American grouse, Tympanuchus cupido. prairie dog any N. American rodent of the genus Cynomys, living in burrows and making a barking sound. prairie oyster a seasoned raw egg, swallowed without breaking the yolk. prairie schooner US a covered wagon used by the 19th-c. pioneers in crossing the N. American prairies. prairie wolf = COYOTE. [F f. OF praerie ult. f. L pratum meadow] |
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Traditional English :: praise
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praiseworthiness.html - v. & n. --v.tr.
1 express warm approval or admiration of.
2 glorify (God) in words. --n. the act or an instance of praising; commendation (won high praise; were loud in their praises). praise be! an exclamation of pious gratitude. sing the praises of commend (a person) highly. praiseful adj. praiser n. [ME f. OF preisier price, prize, praise, f. LL pretiare f. L pretium price: cf. PRIZE(1)] |
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