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all-a-mort

all-a-mort is the alternative form of alamort.

Meaning of alamort

Adjective

alamort (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Half-dead; in a depressed condition; dejected.
    • How fares my Kate, what ſweeting all a-mort?c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about all-a-mort

What is all-a-mort the alternative form of?
All-a-mort is the alternative form of alamort.

Words near all-a-mort in the dictionary

  1. all's fair in love and war
  2. all's fish that comes to the net
  3. all's one
  4. all's well that ends well
  5. all-
  6. all-a-mort
  7. All-America
  8. All-American
  9. all-Americanness
  10. All-Americans
  11. all-around

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