accolé
/ˈækəleɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Joined or placed side by side (with); (of a pair of shields) displayed side by side and often leaning on or towards each other.
noun
A blow (typically with the flat of a sword, though historically sometimes with a fist, etc.) given in the ceremony conferring knighthood.
Example Sentences
- "Sometimes the trophozoites are seen as crescent-shaped masses at the periphery of the erythrocyte (accolé forms )."
- "Ring forms of Plasmodium falciparum. note the multiple ring forms and appliqué (accolé) forms within the individual erythrocytes, which is characteristic of this organism."
- "“Accolé” ring forms (occasionally met with in benign and quartan infection) are very common in malignant malaria and are seen as minute faint blue semi-circles of cytoplasm on the margin of red cells, the chromatin dot being frequently seen on the free apex of the part of the red cell enclosed by the semi-circle."
- "[…] and those of his heiress-wife; under the mistaken impression that the shield so used, accolé to his own, is that of the lady, whereas in my view it is that to which he is himself entitled, and to which she is not."
- "(Stratford, Earl of Aldborough.) Polack Sculp. Chippendale Armorial, two shields accolé, with supporters, on a mantle. (Stratford (Edward), Earl of Aldborough). Armorial. Two Shields accolé, with supporters."
- "However, the reverse-gilt glass panel, decorated with three accolé coats of arms and the date 1571, applied over the cartouche on the front of the ewer, ..."
Etymology
From French accolé, past participle of accoler.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: accolé