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extolled

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[ik-stohld] / ɪkˈstoʊld /

adjective

  1. highly praised; lauded or acclaimed.

    Her much extolled skill on the harmonica fuses with her partner’s evocative fiddle and banjo playing to create a distinctive world sound.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of extol.

Other Word Forms

  • self-extolled adjective
  • unextolled adjective

Etymology

Origin of extolled

First recorded in 1600–10, for an earlier sense; extol + -ed 2 for the adjective; extol + -ed 1 for the verb

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