Date: Wed Mar 27 00:25:26 EST 1996
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--eclat

eclat \a--'kla:\ n [F, splinter, burst, e`clat] 1: dazzling effect : BRILLIANCE 2a: ostentatious display :
PUBLICITY archaic
2b: NOTORIETY
3a: brilliant or conspicuous success
3b: ACCLAIM, APPLAUSE