Eclat
Eclat [ ey-KLAH; Fr. ey-kla* ] | |
[ noun ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. showy display; publicity 2. brilliant performance or success 3. acclaim; renown | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
Dan Brown's “The Da Vinci code” was received with great eclat by critics and booklovers. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
By McGonagall's own account, the poem was '... received with eclat and [he] was pronounced by the Press the Poet Laureate of the Tay Bridge...'. |
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