Accolade Definition

ăkə-lād, -läd
accolades
noun
accolades
An embrace formerly used in conferring knighthood.
Webster's New World
A touch on the shoulder with the flat side of a sword, now used in conferring knighthood.
Webster's New World
A ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation.
American Heritage
Anything done or given as a sign of great respect, approval, appreciation, etc.
Webster's New World
Ceremonial bestowal of knighthood.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
verb
To praise or honor.
American Heritage

To embrace or kiss in salutation.

Wiktionary

(historical) To confer a knighthood on.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Accolade

Noun

Singular:
accolade
Plural:
accolades

Origin of Accolade

  • French an embrace, accolade from accoler to embrace from Old French acoler from Vulgar Latin accollāre Latin ad- ad- Latin collum neck kwel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First attested in the 1620s.

    From Wiktionary

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