a. Obs. rare. [f. L. applaus- ppl. stem of applaud-ĕre (see -BLE); prob. ad. med.L. *applausibilis.] Worthy to be applauded; to be treated with applause.
1551. Gardiner, Explic. Cath. Faith, I. 6 (R.). Coniectures and argumentes applausible to Idle wittes.
1605. Sir T. Smith’s Voy. Russia (N.). His wise-seeming and applausible Raigne.
1670. G. H., Hist. Cardinals, III. iii. 326. The promotion of Cardinal Sirleto, who was otherwise an applausable man.
