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单词 ampassy
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ampassyn.

Brit. /ˈampəsi/, U.S. /ˈæmpəsi/
Forms: 1800s anapaster (East Anglian), 1800s anapasty (East Anglian), 1800s andparcy (north midlands), 1800s and parcy (northern), 1800s and parsil (northern), 1800s anparsil (northern), 1800s– amparsy (northern), 1800s– ampassy, 1800s– ampus, 1800s– ampussy, 1800s– andparcel (northern), 1800s– and-pussy, 1800s– anparse (northern), 1800s– anparsy (northern), 1800s– anpassey (south-western), 1800s– anpasty (East Anglian), 1800s– an-pussy.
Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: and per se at per se n.3 2; ampersand n.
Etymology: Either (i) representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of and per se at per se n.3 2, or (ii) shortened < ampersand n. (compare the α. forms at that entry). Compare earlier A per se n., I per se at I n.1 1a, and O per se (see O n.1 1a).
English regional. Now rare.
The symbol &, read in English as ‘and’; = ampersand n.
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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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