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kudo en · NOUN

Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s.

(nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes) A compliment or praise.
- Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D. 1929 February 18, Harkness Lampooned, Time, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2007:
- We still feel a kudo for one of us is a kudo for the group, as we have nurtured, edited, and prodded each other for much of our writing careers. 2004, Suzanne Paola, Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction, →ISBN, page 162:
- At this point we need to give this pilot a kudo. 2001, Terry T. Lankford et al., Controlling Pilot Error: Controlled Flight Into Terrain, →ISBN, page 49:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
kudos	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s.

(nonstandard, proscribed, transitive) To give a compliment or praise to.
- This is more or less a stock service picture entry, kudoing the Coast Guard and the role it played in World War II beach operations. 2001, Richard L. Hemenez, The United States Marine Corps in Books and the Performing Arts, page 450:
- The magazines kudoed the spectacular African wild animal adventure film as being "an outstanding motion picture as voted by the editors." 1962, Box Office, volume 80, page 6:

Spelling	Features	Source
kudoed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
kudoed	Tense=Past	lexicographic
kudos	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
kudoing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic