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amaritude

amaritude noun: bitterness, sorrow.

Noun

amaritude (countable and uncountable, plural amaritudes)

  1. (rare) Bitterness, sorrow.
    • King Iohn, with much more bleeding amaritude of ſpirit, ſhall quickly ſee and feele.1611, John Speed, The Historie of Great Britain Under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans

Forms of amaritude

pluralamaritudes

Origin of amaritude

From Middle English amarytude, from Old French amaritude, from Latin amāritūdō, from Latin amārus (“bitter”).

Questions about amaritude

What does amaritude mean?
Amaritude means bitterness, sorrow.
What part of speech is amaritude?
Amaritude is a noun.
What is the plural of amaritude?
The plural of amaritude is amaritudes.

Words near amaritude in the dictionary

  1. amarillite
  2. Amarillo
  3. Amarilloan
  4. amarine
  5. Amaris
  6. amaritude
  7. amaritudes
  8. Amarna
  9. amaro
  10. amarogentin
  11. amaroid

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