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Definition of Applause

Appetite
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  APPLAUSE   noun
The echo of a platitude.
 

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The Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:
APPLAUSE:
??pl?:z n. 1 an expression of approbation, esp. from an audience etc. by clapping. 2 emphatic approval. [med.L applausus (as APPLAUD)]


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