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Etymology borrowed from Middle Frenchacolade, accolade"embrace," fromacoler"to embrace" (going back to Old French, froma-, prefix forming transitive verbs—going back to Latinad-ad-— +col"neck," going back to Latincollum) +-ade-ade— more atcollarentry1 ...