accolade English · revision 356

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈæk.əˌleɪd/, /ˌæk.əˈlɑd/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|accolade|t=an embrace]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[der|fr|accoler|t=to embrace]],^(MW Collegiate)^(AHD) [[der|fro|acoler|t=to embrace round the neck]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(AHD) [[der|la-vul|*accollāre]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[af|la|ad-|collum|t1=to|t2=neck]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The French noun was earlier ''acolée''; in the 16th century it was refashioned with the suffix ''-ade'', and English followed.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ceremony that made a man a knight, originally an embrace about the neck and later a tap of the sword on the shoulder (1623).^(Barnhart 1995)^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ English had an earlier form ''accoll'' (mid-14th century), taken from Old French ''acolee'', the embrace given to a newly made knight.^(Etymonline) Because an embrace was part of dubbing a knight, the word came to stand for the whole ceremony,^(AHD) and from the honour of knighthood it widened to any mark of approval or praise, by 1851–1852.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995) In music it also names the brace that joins several staves (1882).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-14th century – earlier form ''accoll'', an embrace.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1623 – the ceremony of conferring knighthood.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1851–1852 – praise; an award or mark of approval.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ * 1882 – a brace joining two or more musical staves.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An expression of praise or approval.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An award or special honour.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A ceremonial embrace of greeting.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The ceremony, or the touch of the sword, by which knighthood is conferred.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # ''(music)'' A brace connecting two or more staves.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To praise or honour.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accoladed]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[collar]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}