Eclat Definition

ā-klä, āklä
noun
Great brilliance, as of performance or achievement.
American Heritage
Brilliant or conspicuous success.
Webster's New World
Dazzling display; striking effect.
Webster's New World
Approval; acclaim.
Webster's New World
Great acclamation or applause.
American Heritage
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Origin of Eclat

  • Borrowing from French, from éclater (“to burst out”), from Middle French esclater (“to break, break violently”), from Old French esclater (“to separate from, sunder out”) (deverbal also in Old French: esclat), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to cut up, split”). Akin to Old High German sleizan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split”). More at slice, slit.

    From Wiktionary

  • French brilliance from Old French esclat splinter from esclater to burst out, splinter probably of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Eclat Sentence Examples

  • There are many sorts grown, and a selection should include Phosphore, Don Calmet, Distinction, Eclat, Victoire, La Neige, Feu Follet, Pluie dOr, Ver Luisant, Ne Plus Ultra, Eldorado, and Heroine.

  • Perceiving That The Measure Was Likely To Confer A Great Eclat On His Pontificate, Undertook The Long Desired Reformation; And Having Found The Governments Of The Principal Catholic States Ready To Adopt His Views, He Issued A Brief In The Month Of March 1582, In Which He Abolished The Use Of The Ancient Calendar, And Substituted That Which Has Since Been Received In Almost All Christian Countries Under The Name Of The Gregorian Calendar Or New Style.

  • Millbank, as a new and most enlightened undertaking in prison affairs, was opened with much eclat.

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