amort

[ uh-mawrt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Archaic.

amort.

Origin of amort¹

First recorded in 1580–90, amort is from French à mort “at (the point of ) death.” See a- ⁵, mort ¹

Wherever the figure of Death is introduced, he is accompanied with the motto “Amort, amort.”

Eusebius Amort died; a distinguished Bavarian ecclesiastical and theological writer.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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