accoll

A1C3C3O1L1L1

verb

To embrace; cling to.

OriginMiddle English acolen ← Old French acoler ← Latin ad- →
Scrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbaccoll (third-person singular simple present accolls, present participle accolling, simple past and past participle accolled)

present singular third person accolls · participle present accolling · participle past accolled · past accolled

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo embrace; cling to.

    Thrice raught I with mine arms to accoll her

    1840, James Henry, Miscellanies, page 123

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cwtchembracehug

Origin

  1. Latinad-
  2. Old Frenchacoler
  3. Middle Englishacolen
  4. Englishaccoll

From Middle English acolen, from Old French acoler (whence modern French accoler), from Latin ad- + collum (“neck”).

More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

calloclaccol
Cite this entry
APA

accoll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accoll

MLA

“accoll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accoll. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accoll,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accoll.

Source: accoll on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.