accolade

[ ak-uh-leyd, -lahd; ak-uh-leyd, -lahd ]
/ ˈæk əˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd; ˌæk əˈleɪd, -ˈlɑd /
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noun

any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play received accolades from the press.
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.
the ceremony itself.
Music. a brace joining several staves.
Architecture.
  1. an archivolt or hood molding having more or less the form of an ogee arch.
  2. a decoration having more or less the form of an ogee arch, cut into a lintel or flat arch.

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

OTHER WORDS FROM accolade

ac·co·lad·ed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH accolade

accoladed accolated

Words nearby accolade

acclamation, acclimate, acclimation, acclimatize, acclivity, accolade, accolated, accommodate, accommodating, accommodation, accommodation address

Words related to accolade

distinction, kudos, award, decoration, approval, badge, honor

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British Dictionary definitions for accolade

accolade
/ (ˈækəˌleɪd, ˌækəˈleɪd) /

noun

strong praise or approval; acclaim
an award or honour
the ceremonial gesture used to confer knighthood, originally an embrace, now a touch on the shoulder with a sword
a rare word for brace (def. 7)
architect a curved ornamental moulding, esp one having the shape of an ogee arch

Word Origin for accolade

C17: via French and Italian from Vulgar Latin accollāre (unattested) to hug; related to Latin collum neck