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extolment

extolment noun: praise.

Noun

extolment (countable and uncountable, plural extolments)

  1. Praise.
    • Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you, though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. But, in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great article, and his infusion of such dearth and...c. 1599-1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, act 5, scene 2; republished as Hamlet, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1992, →ISBN, page 113

Forms of extolment

pluralextolments
alternative formextollment

Origin of extolment

From extol + -ment.

Questions about extolment

What does extolment mean?
Extolment means praise.
What part of speech is extolment?
Extolment is a noun.
What is the plural of extolment?
The plural of extolment is extolments.

Words near extolment in the dictionary

  1. extolling
  2. extollingly
  3. extollment
  4. extollments
  5. extolls
  6. extolment
  7. extolments
  8. extols
  9. Exton
  10. Exton and Horn
  11. extonious

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