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emongst

emongst is the obsolete form of amongst.

Meaning of amongst

Preposition

amongst

  1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
    • Janek feels very at ease amongst his friends, but gets incredibly nervous when meeting new people.

Questions about emongst

What is emongst the obsolete form of?
Emongst is the obsolete form of amongst.

Words near emongst in the dictionary

  1. Emonds
  2. emoness
  3. emong
  4. emonges
  5. emongest
  6. emongst
  7. Emons
  8. emopamil
  9. emophobe
  10. emophyte
  11. emophytes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: emongst (page history and authors); amongst (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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