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[ak-uh-leyd, -lahd; ak-uh-leyd, -lahd]

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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.

Origin:
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

Related forms

ac·co·lad·ed, adjective

Can be confused: accoladed, accolated.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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Mengestu's skillful sensitivity turned observations from his life into a broader narrative, earning him deserved accolades.

There are indeed brilliant professors who deserve the accolades and the time to research.

If you get it right, you receive accolades and years of work coasting on your success.

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Mengestu's skillful sensitivity turned observations from his life into a broader narrative, earning him deserved accolades.

There are indeed brilliant professors who deserve the accolades and the time to research.

If you get it right, you receive accolades and years of work coasting on your success.

These accolades and its semi-tropical climate allow visitors to enjoy outdoor activities year round.

The panels that select the recipients of the highest accolades in science have made their decisions.

Fracture won't be winning any accolades for the narrative.

To this list of accolades should be added deadliness.

As a rule, the more vocal an author against a tyrant, the greater the accolades.

Quit letting others get the accolades derived from your charities.

How far has the philosophy of biology fallen that every step back up the logic ladder is met accolades and hailed as original.

The rest of the thanks and accolades will be at the end of this post, so keep reading.

Such accolades are rare in the field of alcoholism treatment.

The accolades and awards recognizing her research and environmental and humanitarian work are long and distinguished.

But the cafe has reaped more than accolades from its patrons.

The tactile pleasure the interface provides beyond its utility quickly brought it accolades.

Her high accomplishments won her universal accolades during a long and successful career and set an example for her successors.

But she linked the accolades to national challenges, some of which sounded gloomy.

Later that summer, the same picture elicited similar accolades from the judge at the county fair.

Luckily, or so it would seem, she finds a wealthy suitor perfectly willing to include her among his accolades.

The rewards for this bravery and cunning are accolades and bricks, sometimes both, and no good deed goes unpunished.

NewTek earned accolades from the business and broadcast communities alike.

It is a humbling experience to stand here and listen to such accolades.

Despite accolades for its photographic achievements, they have come with some degree of controversy.

On the basis of this almost amazingly mature effort, he would appear to deserve his accolades.

The accolades that have been heaped on his brooding, timeless mixture of rock, folk and country are well-deserved.

But the accolades seem premature given that crucial details have yet to be worked out.

Collins wins the same sort of accolades from others that he bestows upon them.

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Word Origin & History

accolade

1620s, from Fr. (16c.), from Prov. acolada, ult. from noun use of a fem. pp. from V.L. *accollare "to embrace around the neck," from L. ad- "to" + collum "neck" (see collar). The original sense is of an embrace about the neck or the tapping of a sword on the shoulders to

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confer knighthood. Extended meaning "praise, award" is from 1852. Also see -ade.

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