Some "K" Words: "Kudos"

       Everyone’s glad to receive “kudos,” which is “praise for achievement,” but where does it come from?  It’s Greek.  Kydos in Greek.  It means “magical glory.”  What more marvelous accolade to have bestowed upon one than “magical glory”? 

       The American Heritage Dictionary says the word is singular by derivation, but I’ll not get into that, believing that if one “kudo” is good (a “back-formation” from the original), then several “kudos” must be better . . .even if it's singular!?