University slang and colloq. [a. Gr. κῦδος praise, renown.] Glory, fame, renown.
1831. Fraser’s Mag., III. 391. He obtained kudos immense.
1841. Disraeli, 23 Feb., in Corr. w. Sister (1886), 171. I am spoken of with great kudos in ‘Cecil.’
1859. Darwin, in Life & Lett. (1887), II. 168. Lyell has read about half of the volume in clean sheets, and gives me very great kudos.
1889. Boy’s Own Paper, 17 Aug., 729/1. Our champion was held to have lost no kudos in the encounter.
Hence Kudize v., Kudos v. (nonce-wds.), to praise, laud, glorify.
1799. Southey, Eng. Ecl., etc., Poet. Wks. III. 57. Lauded in pious Latin to the skies; Kudos’d egregiously in heathen Greek.
1873. M. Collins, Squire Silchester, I. xix. 234. He kudized Louisa, who blushed when he compared her to Penthesilea.
