Both Uses of
accost
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Zoe Higgins, a young whore in a sapphire slip, closed with three bronze buckles, a slim black velvet fillet round her throat, nods, trips down the steps and accosts him.†
Chpt 15accosts = approaches and speaks in a demanding or challenging manner
- Stephen, that is when the accosting figure came to close quarters, though he was not in an over sober state himself recognised Corley's breath redolent of rotten cornjuice.†
Chpt 16 *accosting = approaching and speaking in a demanding or challenging manner
Definition:
to approach aggressively or inappropriately