Lexicographical Neighbors of Ampassy
Literary usage of Ampassy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1879)
"ampassy, B. a Cornish word in Couch's Glossary, used as in ampassy B. in former
supplement. Away wid, o. to put up with ; to allow; to suffer. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms in Use in the County by W[illiam] F[rancis] Shaw, W. D. Parish, John White Masters (1887)
"ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE CUMBERLAND GLOSSARY. ampassy, n. a Cornish word in
Couch's Glossary, used as in ampassy B. in former supplement. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"ampassy, the &c. (et cetera) at the end of the alphabet. Anan. This interjection,
used within remembrance, is now nearly extinct. ..."
4. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"ampassy, the &c. (et cetera) at the end of the alphabet. Allan. This interjection,
used within remembrance, is now nearly extinct. ..."
5. Randigal Rhymes and a Glossary of Cornish Words by Joseph Thomas (1895)
"ampassy. Et cetra. Anan ? What do you say ? Angle-dutch. The earthworm. Anist, Nist.
Near, close to. " Don't come anist me." Anointed. ..."
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