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verb (used without object)
1.
to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: He ambled around the town.
2.
(of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm.
noun
3.
an ambling gait.
4.
a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.
5.
a stroll.
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Ambling
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French ambler < Latin ambulāre to walk, equivalent to amb- ambi- + -ulāre to step (*-el- + stem vowel -ā-; cognate with Welsh el- may go, Greek elaúnein to set in motion)
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French ambler < Latin ambulāre to walk, equivalent to amb- ambi- + -ulāre to step (*-el- + stem vowel -ā-; cognate with Welsh el- may go, Greek elaúnein to set in motion)
Related forms
am·bler, noun
am·bling·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. ramble, meander.
1. ramble, meander.
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Word Origin & History
amble
late 14c., from O.Fr. ambler "walk as a horse does," from L. ambulare "to walk, to go about," a compound of ambi- "around" (see ambi-) and -ulare, from PIE base *el- "to go." Until 1590s used only of horses or persons on horseback.
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