English Explanatory Dictionary

accost

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
  2. To join side to side; to border.
  3. To sail along the coast or side of.
  4. To approach; to come up to.
  5. To speak to first; to address; to greet.
  6. To adjoin; to lie alongside.
  7. To assault.
  8. To solicit sexually.
noun
  1. Address; greeting.
  2. An attack.

Pronunciation

/əˈkɔst/ /əˈkɑst/ en-us-accost.ogg /əˈkɒst/

Word forms

accost accosts accosting accosted

Etymology

From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”).

Synonyms

waylay

Derived words

accostable accostment
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