amelia

¹

[ uh-mel-ee-uh, ey-mee-lee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. the congenital absence of one or more limbs.

Amelia

²

[ uh-meel-yuh ]

noun

1. a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “industrious.”

amelia

/ əˈmiːlɪə /

noun

1. pathol the congenital absence of arms or legs

Word History and Origins

Origin of amelia¹

First recorded in 1970–75; a- ⁶ + -melia

Word History and Origins

Origin of amelia¹

from a- ¹+ Greek melos limb + -ia

Example Sentences

As Zeldovich describes it, his affair-turned-marriage with the opera singer Amelia Wohl-Lewicka makes up a chunk of his story.

From Salon

He has a certain Amelia Bedelia quality in which he takes every sarcastic quip of Jack’s literally, his reactions played for laughs that fall totally flat.

From Los Angeles Times

Amelia Walker, representing the man’s family in court, said the restraints imposed on him were "inevitably humiliating and degrading, as well as dangerous".

From BBC

Surely, the grainy image had to be Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane, 16,000 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

From Los Angeles Times

The Deep Sea Vision team was out to solve the greatest aviation mystery of all: the disappearance of Amelia Earhart on July 2, 1937, during her epic flight around the world.

From Los Angeles Times