单词 | ami |
释义 | amin. In early use: a friend, sweetheart, or lover. Later: spec. a male friend, sweetheart, or lover.In later use chiefly in or with reference to French-speaking contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend friendOE wineOE fellowa1225 friendmana1250 lovera1275 amic1330 gossipc1390 mikea1400 ally1406 amykec1450 favourer1483 favourite1590 palc1770 butty1791 amigo1813 amico1820 compadre1834 pally1863 tillicum1869 nigger1884 buddy1895 paxc1900 mutual1901 righto1908 segotia1917 bud1924 palsy1930 palsy-walsy1932 buddy-buddy1943 winger1943 mucker1947 main man1956 goombah1968 gabba1970 money1982 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 9297 Arthour and Ban and Bohort his amis. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 144 Þow schelt after wedde [emended in ed. to after her wedde] to spouse, To þin amy [a1400 Egerton ȝoure amee]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20193 Quat es ti name þou suet ami [Fairf., Gött., Trin. Cambr. amy]? 1803 G. Colman John Bull iii. i. 48 This must be the gentleman she mention'd to Frank in her letter—rather an ancient ami. 1889 19th Cent. June 807 The moral ‘lecture’ she addresses about the year 1768 to the Comte de Valbelle, her ami of twenty years' standing. 1941 U. Sinclair Between Two Worlds ii. 31 After her husband's death in France she had taken a well-known French art authority as her ami, gently putting aside his offers of marriage because [etc.]. 2003 Weekly Standard (Washington, D.C.) 3 Mar. 18/1 With not even his ami Schröder supporting him in the end, Chirac was pretty well isolated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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