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.

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.

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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

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How to use accolade in a sentence

In “Just as I Am,” Tyson reveals what it’s like to be on the receiving end of all these accolades.
In ‘Just as I Am,’ actress Cicely Tyson reflects on 96 years of a life well lived|Tre'vell Anderson|January 27, 2021|Washington Post
You could say that Rivers’s lack of individual accolades stemmed from the steep competition at the quarterback position during his career, but even then he doesn’t quite compare to the position’s greats in anything but career-long counting metrics.
Sorry, but Philip Rivers is not a Hall of Fame quarterback|Neil Greenberg|January 22, 2021|Washington Post
Maya Angelou had a multi-hyphenated career and numerous awards and accolades, including over 50 honorary doctorates and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Dr. Maya Angelou Honored With A Barbie Doll|Brande Victorian|January 15, 2021|Essence.com
As time has gone on for me, the accolades, accomplishments and various indications of world success have accumulated, but the desire for unmerited love with complete and total acceptance for my still existing.
How To Find Freedom From Grief|Jasmine Grant|January 7, 2021|Essence.com

With 10 Grammy wins, a half-century-long parade of country music accolades, and more lifetime achievement awards than any mere mortal could achieve in a lifetime, Parton may not have much room on her mantle for another statuette.
20 Things That Went Strangely, Wonderfully Right in 2020|cleaf2013|December 31, 2020|Fortune
It won much more help than Macedonia and is universally accoladed by the West.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin

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

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