amper

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noun

A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.

OriginMiddle English ampre ← Old English ampre ← Proto-West Germanic *amprō →
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Meanings

amper1

nounamper (plural ampers)

plural ampers · alternative ampor · alternative nanberry · alternative anbury · alternative anberry · alternative ambury

  1. A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
  2. A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.

amper2

nounamper (plural ampers)

plural ampers

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of ampersand.

    While parseing an xml document( sax parser ), trying to replace ' | ' with ' & ' , it finds the pipe, but won't replace with amper.

    2001 July 13, JimmyMac, “java and xml”, in comp.lang.java.help (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*ampraz“sharp”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*amprō
  3. Old Englishampre“a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel”
  4. Middle Englishampre
  5. Englishamper

From Middle English ampre, from Old English ampre (“a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *amprō, *amprā (“dock, sorrel”), which is related to Proto-Germanic *ampraz (“sharp”). Related to aber.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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