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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [uh-mawrt]
- /əˈmɔrt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [uh-mawrt]
- /əˈmɔrt/
Definitions of amort word
- adjective amort utterly dejected, depressed, lifeless or listless 3
- adjective amort spiritless; lifeless. 1
- noun amort As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed. 1
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Origin of amort
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90, amort is from the French word à mort at (the point of) death. See a-5, mort1
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Parts of speech for Amort
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
amort popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
amort usage trend in Literature
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