à la mortadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌa la ˈmɔː/, U.S.

/ˌɑ lɑ ˈmɔr/

Forms: 1500s ala mort, 1500s alemort, 1500s–1600s 1800s a la mort, 1600s–1700s a-la-mort, 1700s a la morte, 1700s 1900s– alamort, 1800s– à la mort.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à la mort.

Etymology: < Middle French, French à la mort desperate (c1341 in estre à la mort ), to (the) death (1500 in battre jusqu'à la mort to beat (someone) to death) < à la à la prep. + mort mort n.¹ Compare all amort adj. and see discussion at that entry. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ælămǭ·ɹt, French alamō·r) /æləˈmɔːt/, French /a la mɔːr/, indicating replacement of the early assimilated form by the incompletely assimilated modern French form.

A. adv.

To (the) death; mortally, fatally. Also hyperbolically. Cf. amort adj. Now somewhat rare.In quot. ?1536 representing the speech of a character masquerading as a foreign physician.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > cause of death > [adverb]

deadlyc1050

deathlya1250

fellyc1330

mortallyc1390

à la mort?1536

deadlily1621

lethally1661

mortiferously1685

perishingly1698

deathfully1761

vitally1891

?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Ci.^v Dys infant rumpre vng grand postum By got he ala mort tuk vnder thum.

1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 155 I drooping passe as one stroke alemort.

1681 J. Scudamore Homer Alamode: 2nd Pt. ii. 8 Brains were dasht about his face And a-la-mort he fell i'th' place.

1725 Bibliotheca Biblica III. 142 The Raven ominous (as Gentiles holde), What time she croaketh hoarsely a la morte.

1887 2nd Ann. Rep. Bureau Labor & Industr. Stat. (Kansas Bureau Labor Stat.) 45 The people of the State of Missouri should not be expected to suffer the loss entailed by a total stoppage of business while Messrs. Hoxie and Irons are fighting their duel, à la mort.

1902 J. Carling Shadow of Czar 120 This day the duke is pledged to a duel with sabres. They fight à la mort.

1994 J. Limon Writing after War i. 17 The losing side of any armed conflict can in fact go on fighting, implying that the purpose of wars unlike duels is not only to kill people but to make the survivors swoon à la mort.

B. adj.

Full of sorrow, in despair, utterly dejected. Also: †on the point of death or extinction (obsolete). Cf. amort adj. Now archaic and rare.In quot. 1833 as postmodifier: to the death; fatal.

ΘΚΠ

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

ungladc888

wearyc888

drearyc1000

dreary-moodOE

heavyc1000

unmerryOE

droopy?c1225

mournc1275

sada1300

languishinga1325

amayedc1330

matec1330

unlightc1330

unblissful1340

lowa1382

mishappyc1390

dullc1393

elengely1393

droopinga1400

heavy-hearteda1400

joylessa1400

sytefula1400

mornifc1400

tristy?c1400

lightless?1406

heartlessa1413

tristc1420

amatec1425

languoring?c1425

mirthlessc1430

heavisome1435

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

comfortlessc1460

amateda1470

chermatc1475

tristfula1492

lustless?1507

dolorous1513

ruthful1513

downcast1521

deject1528

heartsicka1529

lumpisha1535

coolc1540

dowlyc1540

glum1547

discouraged1548

uncheerfulc1555

dumpish1560

out of heart1565

sadded1566

amoped1573

tristive1578

desolated1580

dejected1581

à la mort1586

delightless1589

afflicted1590

gladless1590

groanful1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

sitheful1592

cloudy1594

leaden-hearted1596

disconsolated1598

clum1599

life-weary1599

spiritless1600

dusky1602

chop-fallen1604

flat1604

disanimated1605

jaw-fallen1605

moped1606

chap-fallen1608

decheerful1608

uncheerful1612

lacklustrea1616

pulled1616

dumpya1618

depressed1621

head-hung1632

grum1640

downa1644

dispirited1647

down-at-mouth1649

down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

unhearted1650

sunlessa1658

sadful1658

unlightened1659

chagrin1665

saddened1665

damp1667

moping1674

desponding1688

tristitious1694

unenjoying1697

unraised1697

unheartya1699

unked1698

despondent1699

dismal1705

unjoyful1709

unrejoiced1714

dreara1717

disheartened1720

mumpish1721

unrejoicing1726

downhearted1742

out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

low-spirited1753

sombrea1767

black-blooded1771

glumpy1780

oorie1787

sombrous1789

morose1791

Novemberish1793

glumpish1800

mopeful1800

die-away1802

blue-devilish1804

blue-devilled1807

malagrugrous1818

down in the hip1826

yonderly1828

sunshineless1831

downfaced1832

broody1851

in a (or the) trough1856

blue-devilly1871

drooped1873

glummy1884

pippy1886

humpy1889

pipped1914

lousy1933

pissed1943

crappy1956

doomy1961

bummed1970

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

deadlyc893

swelting?a1400

dyingc1450

at (the) utterance1525

in (the, his) extremes1551

parting1562

Acherontic1597

ending1600

departing1603

on one's last legs1614

expiring1635

mortifying1649

morient1679

upon one's last stretch1680

gasping1681

à la mort1700

moribund1721

outward-bound1809

terminal1854

on the brink of the grave1872

defunctive1929

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > mortally sick or wounded

dead-sick1535

gored1577

death-sick1617

à la mort1700

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > dangerously ill

far gone1533

poorly1570

cankerous1609

dangerous1620

cankery1674

à la mort1700

(to be) on the danger list1938

1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 200^v These pleasant and honest conversations are most necessarie subiectes,..by meanes of the which heauie and troublesome thoughts are a la mort, and our spirits not a little reuiued.

a1658 J. Cleveland Content in Wks. (1687) 248 Drink the A la mort Sun down and up agen.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Wife of Bathe's Tale in Fables 491 Mirth there was none, the Man was a-la-mort.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xvi. 107 Ah my poor boy! Thus alamort!

1833 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) II. 479 The combat à la mort was of their own beginning.

1870 C. A. Yonge Caged Lion (2007) x. 192 All a la mort, my young damoiseau! What, has our saint been unpropitious?

1937 L. Durrell Let. 28 Jan. in Durrell-Miller Lett. (2007) 52 I wanted to go one summer into the passes. They promised to take me. But I left without going—alamort—it is a kind of unreasoning disease when I think of it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	à la mort
释义	à la mortadv.adj. Brit. /ˌa la ˈmɔː/, U.S. /ˌɑ lɑ ˈmɔr/ Forms: 1500s ala mort, 1500s alemort, 1500s–1600s 1800s a la mort, 1600s–1700s a-la-mort, 1700s a la morte, 1700s 1900s– alamort, 1800s– à la mort. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à la mort. Etymology: < Middle French, French à la mort desperate (c1341 in estre à la mort ), to (the) death (1500 in battre jusqu'à la mort to beat (someone) to death) < à la à la prep. + mort mort n.¹ Compare all amort adj. and see discussion at that entry. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ælămǭ·ɹt, French alamō·r) /æləˈmɔːt/, French /a la mɔːr/, indicating replacement of the early assimilated form by the incompletely assimilated modern French form. A. adv. To (the) death; mortally, fatally. Also hyperbolically. Cf. amort adj. Now somewhat rare.In quot. ?1536 representing the speech of a character masquerading as a foreign physician. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [adverb] deadlyc1050 deathlya1250 fellyc1330 mortallyc1390 à la mort?1536 deadlily1621 lethally1661 mortiferously1685 perishingly1698 deathfully1761 vitally1891 ?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Ci.^v Dys infant rumpre vng grand postum By got he ala mort tuk vnder thum. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 155 I drooping passe as one stroke alemort. 1681 J. Scudamore Homer Alamode: 2nd Pt. ii. 8 Brains were dasht about his face And a-la-mort he fell i'th' place. 1725 Bibliotheca Biblica III. 142 The Raven ominous (as Gentiles holde), What time she croaketh hoarsely a la morte. 1887 2nd Ann. Rep. Bureau Labor & Industr. Stat. (Kansas Bureau Labor Stat.) 45 The people of the State of Missouri should not be expected to suffer the loss entailed by a total stoppage of business while Messrs. Hoxie and Irons are fighting their duel, à la mort. 1902 J. Carling Shadow of Czar 120 This day the duke is pledged to a duel with sabres. They fight à la mort. 1994 J. Limon Writing after War i. 17 The losing side of any armed conflict can in fact go on fighting, implying that the purpose of wars unlike duels is not only to kill people but to make the survivors swoon à la mort. B. adj. Full of sorrow, in despair, utterly dejected. Also: †on the point of death or extinction (obsolete). Cf. amort adj. Now archaic and rare.In quot. 1833 as postmodifier: to the death; fatal. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying deadlyc893 swelting?a1400 dyingc1450 at (the) utterance1525 in (the, his) extremes1551 parting1562 Acherontic1597 ending1600 departing1603 on one's last legs1614 expiring1635 mortifying1649 morient1679 upon one's last stretch1680 gasping1681 à la mort1700 moribund1721 outward-bound1809 terminal1854 on the brink of the grave1872 defunctive1929 the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > mortally sick or wounded dead-sick1535 gored1577 death-sick1617 à la mort1700 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > dangerously ill far gone1533 poorly1570 cankerous1609 dangerous1620 cankery1674 à la mort1700 (to be) on the danger list1938 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 200^v These pleasant and honest conversations are most necessarie subiectes,..by meanes of the which heauie and troublesome thoughts are a la mort, and our spirits not a little reuiued. a1658 J. Cleveland Content in Wks. (1687) 248 Drink the A la mort Sun down and up agen. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Wife of Bathe's Tale in Fables 491 Mirth there was none, the Man was a-la-mort. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xvi. 107 Ah my poor boy! Thus alamort! 1833 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) II. 479 The combat à la mort was of their own beginning. 1870 C. A. Yonge Caged Lion (2007) x. 192 All a la mort, my young damoiseau! What, has our saint been unpropitious? 1937 L. Durrell Let. 28 Jan. in Durrell-Miller Lett. (2007) 52 I wanted to go one summer into the passes. They promised to take me. But I left without going—alamort—it is a kind of unreasoning disease when I think of it. 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