amort

¹

[ uh-mawrt ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. spiritless; lifeless.

amort.

²

abbreviation for

1. amortization.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amort¹

First recorded in 1580–90, amort is from French à mort “at (the point of ) death.” See a- ⁵, mort ¹

Example Sentences

Wherever the figure of Death is introduced, he is accompanied with the motto “Amort, amort.”

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And all his soul did wax amort To stars, to hills, to slades, to streams, And it but held that sorceress fair As one of dreams.

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It shall kindle an icy thought to courage, 10 Not boy-fancies alone, but every frozen Flank immovable, all amort to pleasure.

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For soul and sense had waxed amort To wold and weald, to slade and stream; And all he heard was her soft word As one adream.

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From a wood-hung height, an outpost lone,   Crowned with a woodman's fort, The sentinel looks on a land of dole,     Like Paran, all amort.

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