Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Well done! well said! good! an exclamation of applause, encouragement, joy, and the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Applause.
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- noun obsolete, rare
applause
Etymologies
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Examples
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[337] From Uc and Uch came the word euge: also ευχη, ευχομαι, ευχωλη, of the Greeks.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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Yeah, Norton gained incredibly good reviews as his performance as the Leper Prince of Jerusalem. euge
Stone Promo Trailer Featuring Edward Norton, Robert De Niro and Mila Jovovich | /Film 2009
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Such were “Bakh, bakh” (= euge, before noticed), and “Kakh,” a congener of the Latin Cacus and
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Sed eheu inquis euge quid agemus? ubi pro Epithalamio Bellonae flagellum, pro musica harmonia terribilum lituorum et tubarum audias clangorem, pro taedis nuptialibus, villarum, pagorum, urbium videas incendia; ubi pro jubilo lamenta, pro risu fletus aerem complent.
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US mass sterilized up until the early 70s for euge ...
05/15/2005 2005
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Avertantur statim erubescentes, qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge.
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Euge, euge, di me salvom et servatum volunt. iam ego illuc praecurram atque inscendam aliquam in arborem indeque observabo, aurum ubi abstrudat senex. quamquam hic manere me erus sese iusserat; 680 certum est, malam rem potius quaeram cum lucro.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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[42] Of such ministers and counselors, the holy king said that they who were confounded and ashamed should remove themselves far from him: _Avertantur statim erubescentes, qui dicunt mihi, "Euge, euge!"
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Such were "Bakh, bakh" (= euge, before noticed), and "Kakh," a congener of the Latin Cacus and Caca which our day has docked to
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Ferant confeftira confii - fi6nemfuam* qui dicunt nihi: Euge, euge.
Breviarium ecclesiæ Rotomagensis Rouen diocese 1777
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