alamort

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adverb

To the death; mortally.

OriginMiddle French à la mort →
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Meanings

adverbalamort (not comparable)

alternative all amort · alternative all-a-mort · alternative à la mort

  1. not comparableobsoleteTo the death; mortally.
adjectivealamort (not comparable)

alternative all amort · alternative all-a-mort · alternative à la mort

  1. not comparableobsoleteHalf-dead; in a depressed condition; dejected.

    How fares my Kate, what ſweeting all a-mort?

    c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 223, column 2

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchà la mort“to the death”
  2. Englishalamort

From Middle French à la mort (“to the death”). Compare amort.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

amortal
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APA

alamort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alamort

MLA

“alamort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alamort. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alamort,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alamort.

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