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8 Letter Words for Accolade
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Definitions for Accolade
[1] any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play received accolades from the press.
[2] a light touch on the shoulder with the flat side of the sword or formerly by an embrace, done in the ceremony of conferring knighthood.
[3] the ceremony itself.
[4] Music . a brace joining several staves.
[5] Architecture . an archivolt or hood molding having more or less the form of an ogee arch. a decoration having more or less the form of an ogee arch, cut into a lintel or flat arch.
[6] strong praise or approval; acclaim
[7] an award or honour
[8] the ceremonial gesture used to confer knighthood, originally an embrace, now a touch on the shoulder with a sword
[9] a rare word for brace (def. 7)
[10] architect a curved ornamental moulding, esp one having the shape of an ogee arch
Words related to Accolade
distinction, kudos, award, decoration, approval, badge, honor
Words nearby Accolade
acclamation, acclimate, acclimation, acclimatize, acclivity, accolade, accolated, accommodate, accommodating, accommodation, accommodation address
Origin of Accolade
1615–25; < French, derivative of a(c)colée embrace (with -ade -ade1), noun use of feminine past participle of a(c)coler, Old French verbal derivative of col neck (see collar) with a- a-5
Words that may be confused with Accolade
Other words from Accolade
ac·co·lad·ed , adjective
Word origin for Accolade
C17: via French and Italian from Vulgar Latin accollāre (unattested) to hug; related to Latin collum neck
Synonyms for Accolade
distinction, kudos, approval, award, badge, decoration, honor, laurels