accost

The definition of accost is to attack someone verbally in a bold or aggressive way.

(verb)

An example of the word accost would be a person on a bus yelling at someone in order to get his seat.

See accost in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to approach and speak to; greet first, before being greeted, esp. in an intrusive way
to solicit for sexual purposes: said of a prostitute, etc.

Origin: Fr accoster < It accostare, to bring side by side < VL *accostare < L ad-, to + costa, rib, side

See accost in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs

Origin:

Origin: French accoster

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin accostāre, to adjoin

Origin: : Latin ad-, ad-

Origin: + Latin costa, side; see kost- in Indo-European roots

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