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alamort en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Half-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:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
à la mort		alternative	lexicographic
all amort		alternative	lexicographic
all-a-mort		alternative	lexicographic

alamort en · ADV

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) To the death; mortally.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
à la mort		alternative	lexicographic
all-a-mort		alternative	lexicographic
all amort		alternative	lexicographic