amortadj.

Brit.

/əˈmɔːt/, U.S.

/əˈmɔrt/

Forms: 1500s amorte, 1600s 1800s– amort.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or perhaps (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: French a mort ; à la mort adv.

Etymology: Either (i) < Middle French a mort (French à mort ) to death, mortally (c1100 in Old French in a mort feru stabbed to death), to despair (1340 in mettre a mort to drive (a person) to despair) ( < a to (see a- prefix⁵) + mort death: see mort n.¹; compare amortir to put to death), or perhaps (ii) shortened < à la mort adv. Compare later à la mort adj. and all amort adj.

Now rare (chiefly archaic and poetic in later use).

In predicative use: full of sorrow, in despair, utterly dejected; (also) †dead, lifeless; on the point of death (obsolete). Cf. à la mort adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective]

deadOE

lifelessOE

of lifeOE

storvena1225

dead as a door-nail1362

ydead1387

stark deadc1390

colda1400

bypast1425

perishedc1440

morta1450

obita1450

unquickc1449

gone?a1475

dead and gone1482

extinct1483

departed1503

bygonea1522

amort1546

soulless1553

breathless1562

parted1562

mortified1592

low-laid1598

disanimate1601

carcasseda1603

defunct1603

no morea1616

with God1617

death-stricken1618

death-strucken1622

expired1631

past itc1635

incinerated1657

stock-dead1662

dead as a herring1664

death-struck1688

as dead as a nit1789

(as) dead as mutton1792

low1808

laid in the locker1815

strae-dead1820

disanimated1833

ghosted1834

under the daisies1842

irresuscitable1843

under the sod1847

toes up1851

dead and buried1863

devitalized1866

translated1869

dead and done (for, with)1886

daid1890

bung1893

(as) dead as the (or a) dodo1904

six feet under1942

brown bread1969

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]

sorelyc888

gramec893

sorrowfuleOE

unblithec897

sorryeOE

carefulOE

charyOE

sickOE

yomerOE

sorry-moodOE

sweerc1000

yomerlyOE

sorrilyOE

woea1200

balec1220

sorry?c1225

sorec1275

gremefula1300

sada1300

ruthlyc1300

thoughtfulc1300

woebegonea1325

heavyc1330

grievousc1374

woefula1375

sorrowya1382

dereful?a1400

sorousa1400

sytefula1400

teenfula1400

wrotha1400

balefulc1400

tristy?c1400

tristc1420

dolefulc1430

wapped in woec1440

yhevidc1440

dolenta1450

condolentc1460

discomforted1477

tristfula1492

sorrow1496

dram?a1513

dolorous1513

earnful?1527

troublous1535

amort1546

mournfula1558

passioned1560

sadded1566

tristive1578

distressed1586

passionate1586

sorrowed1596

distressful1601

passionful1605

sighful1606

contristed1625

anguishinga1642

sadful1658

saddened1665

tristitious1694

sick as a parrot1705

pangful1727

woesome1778

grieving1807

ruesome1833

yearned1838

doleant1861

mournsome1869

thoughted1869

tragical1887

grief-stricken1905

1546 A. Kelton Commendacion of Welshmen sig. f.i As men amorte Lackyng consolacion Hauyng no lust But onlye a trust Of their expectacion.

1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. sig. B6 She counts him but a Nazard, halfe a-mort.

1632 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Dead, Defunct, Lethed, Amort.

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 62 Without it [sc. God's allowance] all is abortive and amort.

1840 R. Browning Sordello vi. 218 Untasked of any love, His sensitiveness idled, now amort, Alive now.

1893 A. Rives Athelwold iv. i. 73 I'm amort With thinking on it.

?1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 61 All hope of that Catholic emancipation upon which James Stuart had set his heart remained amort.

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

单词	amort
释义	amortadj. Brit. /əˈmɔːt/, U.S. /əˈmɔrt/ Forms: 1500s amorte, 1600s 1800s– amort. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or perhaps (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: French a mort ; à la mort adv. Etymology: Either (i) < Middle French a mort (French à mort ) to death, mortally (c1100 in Old French in a mort feru stabbed to death), to despair (1340 in mettre a mort to drive (a person) to despair) ( < a to (see a- prefix⁵) + mort death: see mort n.¹; compare amortir to put to death), or perhaps (ii) shortened < à la mort adv. Compare later à la mort adj. and all amort adj. Now rare (chiefly archaic and poetic in later use). In predicative use: full of sorrow, in despair, utterly dejected; (also) †dead, lifeless; on the point of death (obsolete). Cf. à la mort adv. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] deadOE lifelessOE of lifeOE storvena1225 dead as a door-nail1362 ydead1387 stark deadc1390 colda1400 bypast1425 perishedc1440 morta1450 obita1450 unquickc1449 gone?a1475 dead and gone1482 extinct1483 departed1503 bygonea1522 amort1546 soulless1553 breathless1562 parted1562 mortified1592 low-laid1598 disanimate1601 carcasseda1603 defunct1603 no morea1616 with God1617 death-stricken1618 death-strucken1622 expired1631 past itc1635 incinerated1657 stock-dead1662 dead as a herring1664 death-struck1688 as dead as a nit1789 (as) dead as mutton1792 low1808 laid in the locker1815 strae-dead1820 disanimated1833 ghosted1834 under the daisies1842 irresuscitable1843 under the sod1847 toes up1851 dead and buried1863 devitalized1866 translated1869 dead and done (for, with)1886 daid1890 bung1893 (as) dead as the (or a) dodo1904 six feet under1942 brown bread1969 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] sorelyc888 gramec893 sorrowfuleOE unblithec897 sorryeOE carefulOE charyOE sickOE yomerOE sorry-moodOE sweerc1000 yomerlyOE sorrilyOE woea1200 balec1220 sorry?c1225 sorec1275 sorec1275 gremefula1300 sada1300 ruthlyc1300 thoughtfulc1300 woebegonea1325 heavyc1330 grievousc1374 woefula1375 sorrowya1382 dereful?a1400 sorousa1400 sytefula1400 teenfula1400 wrotha1400 balefulc1400 tristy?c1400 tristc1420 dolefulc1430 wapped in woec1440 yhevidc1440 dolenta1450 condolentc1460 discomforted1477 tristfula1492 sorrow1496 dram?a1513 dolorous1513 earnful?1527 troublous1535 amort1546 mournfula1558 passioned1560 sadded1566 tristive1578 distressed1586 passionate1586 sorrowed1596 distressful1601 passionful1605 sighful1606 contristed1625 anguishinga1642 sadful1658 saddened1665 tristitious1694 sick as a parrot1705 pangful1727 woesome1778 grieving1807 ruesome1833 yearned1838 doleant1861 mournsome1869 thoughted1869 tragical1887 grief-stricken1905 1546 A. Kelton Commendacion of Welshmen sig. f.i As men amorte Lackyng consolacion Hauyng no lust But onlye a trust Of their expectacion. 1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. sig. B6 She counts him but a Nazard, halfe a-mort. 1632 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Dead, Defunct, Lethed, Amort. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 62 Without it [sc. God's allowance] all is abortive and amort. 1840 R. Browning Sordello vi. 218 Untasked of any love, His sensitiveness idled, now amort, Alive now. 1893 A. Rives Athelwold iv. i. 73 I'm amort With thinking on it. ?1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 61 All hope of that Catholic emancipation upon which James Stuart had set his heart remained amort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1546
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