all amortadj.

Brit.

/ˌɔːl əˈmɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌɔl əˈmɔrt/,

/ˌɑl əˈmɔrt/

Forms: 1500s all a morte, 1500s all a-mort, 1500s–1700s all a mort, 1500s– all amort, 1600s al a mort, 1600s all-mort.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., amort adj.

Etymology: Apparently < all adv. + amort adj., perhaps after à la mort adv. Compare later à la mort adj.In form all-mort apparently with shortening of the second element.

Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use).

In predicative use: full of sorrow, in despair, utterly dejected. Cf. à la mort adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > severely

broken-minded1362

broken-spirited1362

all amort1565

heartsick1590

soul-sick1609

stricken1846

shattered1930

black depressed1938

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Mœstus Sorowfull: heauie: sadde: full of lamentation or mournynge: pensiffe: all a morte.

1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. ii. vi. sig. Ciij^v How now Giptian? All a mort knaue, for want of company?

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. A3^v Shall he thus all amort liue malecontent?

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiv. xxvi. 868 i They were all amort [L. obpressam] for feare.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 36 What sweeting all-mort ?

1660 J. Burroughs Saints Happinesse 321 If God doe not answer thee presently, thou art all-a-mort and discouraged.

1748 Gentleman's Diary 40 Down, down drops Club, and Courage all amort.

1792 T. Holcroft Road to Ruin Prol. Oh sirs! The prompter has mislaid the prologue, and we are all a mort.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 87 She sighs..all amort.

1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 343 Why look ye all amort?

1904 H. Church Poems 84 Ah, little is their comfort, all amort.

a1973 W. H. Auden Coll. Poems (1994) xii. 767 After Josef died..You were all amort, your one Wish to rejoin him quickly.

2000 M. Riordan Floods 12 I'm all amort with inner lights. They dart into my head from my body which is like a sick and fretful child.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	all amort
释义	all amortadj. Brit. /ˌɔːl əˈmɔːt/, U.S. /ˌɔl əˈmɔrt/, /ˌɑl əˈmɔrt/ Forms: 1500s all a morte, 1500s all a-mort, 1500s–1700s all a mort, 1500s– all amort, 1600s al a mort, 1600s all-mort. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., amort adj. Etymology: Apparently < all adv. + amort adj., perhaps after à la mort adv. Compare later à la mort adj.In form all-mort apparently with shortening of the second element. Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use). In predicative use: full of sorrow, in despair, utterly dejected. Cf. à la mort adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > severely broken-minded1362 broken-spirited1362 all amort1565 heartsick1590 soul-sick1609 stricken1846 shattered1930 black depressed1938 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Mœstus Sorowfull: heauie: sadde: full of lamentation or mournynge: pensiffe: all a morte. 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. ii. vi. sig. Ciij^v How now Giptian? All a mort knaue, for want of company? a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. A3^v Shall he thus all amort liue malecontent? 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiv. xxvi. 868 i They were all amort [L. obpressam] for feare. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 36 What sweeting all-mort ? View more context for this quotation 1660 J. Burroughs Saints Happinesse 321 If God doe not answer thee presently, thou art all-a-mort and discouraged. 1748 Gentleman's Diary 40 Down, down drops Club, and Courage all amort. 1792 T. Holcroft Road to Ruin Prol. Oh sirs! The prompter has mislaid the prologue, and we are all a mort. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 87 She sighs..all amort. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 343 Why look ye all amort? 1904 H. Church Poems 84 Ah, little is their comfort, all amort. a1973 W. H. Auden Coll. Poems (1994) xii. 767 After Josef died..You were all amort, your one Wish to rejoin him quickly. 2000 M. Riordan Floods 12 I'm all amort with inner lights. They dart into my head from my body which is like a sick and fretful child. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1565
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