Laureled

Lau·rel  (lôrl, lr-), Arthur Stanley Jefferson Known as "Stan." 1890-1965.

British-born American comedian who with Oliver Hardy formed the first great comedy team of talking films. Their works include The Music Box (1932) and A Chump at Oxford (1940).

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lau·rel  (lôrl, lr-)

n.

1. A Mediterranean evergreen tree (Laurus nobilis) having aromatic, simple leaves and small blackish berries. Also called bay⁵, bay laurel, sweet bay.

2. A shrub or tree, such as the mountain laurel, having a similar aroma or leaf shape.

3.

a. A wreath of laurel conferred as a mark of honor in ancient times upon poets, heroes, and victors in athletic contests. Often used in the plural.

b. Honor and glory won for great achievement. Often used in the plural.

tr.v. lau·reled also lau·relled, lau·rel·ing also lau·rel·ling, lau·rels also lau·rels

1. To crown with laurel.

2. To honor, especially with an award or a prize.

Idiom:

rest on (one's) laurels

To rely on one's past achievements instead of working to maintain or advance one's status or reputation.

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[Middle English, from Old French laureole, from Latin laureola, diminutive of laurea, laurel tree; see laureate.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

laureled - crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory laurelled, crowned unlaureled, unlaurelled - not crowned with laurel; having no acclaim or reward; "the unlaureled heroism of endurance"- Francis Parkman