EXTOL
What does "EXTOL" mean?
To praise something or someone enthusiastically and highly.
Meanings
- To laud, glorify, or speak of in glowing terms. Reviewers extolled the film as a masterpiece. formal
Did you know?
- 'Extol' comes from Latin 'tollere', 'to lift up' - sharing an ancient root with 'tolerate', literally 'to bear a weight': praising someone and putting up with them both grew from the idea of lifting a load.
Word origin
From Latin 'extollere' meaning 'to lift up, raise, exalt', from 'ex-' (up, out) plus 'tollere' (to raise, lift).
Remember it
EX-TOL: to extol is to take a TOLL of compliments and lift the person high.
A little poem
We pile the laurels high on one warm head;
the wreath is light - it's all the looking that's lead.
couplet
What it teaches
Praise raises the praised; spend it where it lifts a person, not where it only flatters a name.
Quick facts
What does EXTOL mean?
To praise something or someone enthusiastically and highly.
Is EXTOL a valid word?
Yes — EXTOL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EXTOL?
EXTOL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EXTOL come from?
From Latin 'extollere' meaning 'to lift up, raise, exalt', from 'ex-' (up, out) plus 'tollere' (to raise, lift).
What can EXTOL teach us?
Praise raises the praised; spend it where it lifts a person, not where it only flatters a name.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.