agrément
Americannoun
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Music. ornament.
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agréments. Also agrémens agreeable qualities or circumstances.
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the official approval by a government of a proposed envoy from a foreign government.
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Etymology
Origin of agrément
1705–15; < French: literally, pleasure; see agreement
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But Lord Mandelson is understood to have now received his "agrément" from the US government – a formal step confirming their willingness to accept him as a diplomat in their country.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
Under the Vienna Convention, ambassadors and high commissioners can take up their posts at the Court of St James only if the Foreign Office formally gives what is called its "agrément".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2021
The Foreign Office refused to comment but it is understood that it has yet to grant its agrément to Mr Busingye.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2021
Moon’s government signed off on Cha’s nomination in December after Washington sent formal notice of intent to nominate him as ambassador, a process known as agrément.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2018
And though he did not see me, I saw Felix, the prince of railers, who believes in nothing and cares for nothing except himself, for music is not with him a passion but an agrément.
From The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons by Symons, Arthur
I recall that in this volume he spoke with enthusiasm of the agréments of the palate which he enjoyed during a few days' sojourn at Barnum's Hotel in Baltimore.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Gouverneur, Marian
The agréments of life are at their beginnings for you.
From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Glyn, Elinor
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