subs. (now recognised).—Glory and honor. TO KUDOS = to praise; to glorify. [From Gr.] KUDOS = praised.
1793. SOUTHEY, Nondescripts, i.
| Bepraised in prose it was, bepraised in verse; | |
| Lauded in pious Latin to the skies; | |
| KUDOS’D egregiously in heathen Greek. |
1857. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, Pt. III. ch. xi. Mr. Smalls gained KUDOS by offering to give the luncheon at his rooms.
1860. Punch, xxxviii. 186, ‘The Little Man and the Little Plan.’
| Nought would serve the little man [Lord John], | |
| But his private little plan, | |
| Whereby he hoped much κῦδος he should get, get, get. |
1889. DRAGE, Cyril, vii. I gained no small KUDOS by spotting a vintage of Léoville at dinner.
1889. Standard, 30 Jan. Should he, then, endeavour to gain the KUDOS of his removal by associating himself conspicuously with the decree of dismissal?
1894. G. EGERTON, A Lost Masterpiece, in The Yellow Book, 1. p. 195. I return to my pearl—that is to bring me KUDOS.
