amice

See also: Âmice

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French emit, from Latin amictus, from amiciō (see there for more). Compare French amict, Italian amitto, Portuguese amicto.

Noun

amice (plural amices)

A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.

Translations

hood, or cape with a hood, formerly worn by the clergy

French: amict (fr) m
Irish: aimicín m, miocht m
Old Irish: micht m

Italian: amitto (it) m
Polish: humerał (pl) m
Portuguese: amicto (pt) m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for amice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Macie

Latin

Etymology

From amīcus (“friendly, amicable”).

Adverb

amīcē (comparative amīcius, superlative amīcissimē)

in a friendly manner; amicably

Noun

amīce m

vocative singular of amīcus

References

amice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
amice in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
amice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ aˈmit͡ʃe ]

Noun

amice f pl

plural of amică
vocative singular of amic

Synonyms

prietene

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