单词 | ampassy |
释义 | ampassyn. English regional. Now rare. The symbol &, read in English as ‘and’; = ampersand n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > and ampersand1777 ampassy1828 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Anparse, the character &. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Parcy-and, or And-parcy, the sign or contraction &. In the old dames' schools the children used to make it a twenty-seventh letter—‘x, y, z, and parcy.’ 1872 Treasury of Lit. & Ladies' Treasury June 332/2 What is the meaning of the mark ‘&’ at the end of old alphabets, and which I have heard called ‘ampassy’, ‘ampezand’, &c. 1905 A. T. Quiller-Couch Shining Ferry vi. 75 The whole lot from A to Ampassy. 1927 C. J. Sawyer & F. J. H. Darton Eng. Bks. 1475–1900 II. iv. 144 The ampussy or ampersand, that curly-wiggly sign..which we write ‘&’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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