amyss
10 points
English
5 letters
Not in frequency data
Valid in: North American word list
Definitions
Same as Amice, a hood or cape. AN An. Etym: [AS. an one, the same word as the numeral. See One, and cf. A.] This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
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