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amort

amort adjective: as if dead; depressed.

Adjective

amort

  1. (archaic, literary) As if dead; depressed
    • How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort?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]...
    • How nowe fellowe Franticke, what all a mort? Doth this sadnes become thy madnes?c. 1590 (date written), G[eorge] P[eele], The Old Wiues Tale. […], London: […] Iohn Danter, for Raph Hancocke, and Iohn Hardie, […], published 1595, →OCLC, [lines 3-5]

Synonyms of amort

Origin of amort

From Middle French à la mort (“to the death”) reinterpreted as all amort.

Questions about amort

What does amort mean?
Amort means as if dead; depressed.
What part of speech is amort?
Amort is an adjective.

Words near amort in the dictionary

  1. amorphs
  2. amorphus
  3. amorphy
  4. amorrow
  5. amors
  6. amort
  7. amortal
  8. amortality
  9. amortally
  10. amortisable
  11. amortisation

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