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• amy
  amy

  noun

  a vial of amyl nitrate.
• Amy
  Amy

  noun

  a first name: from a French word meaning “beloved.”

amy

¹ American  

[ay-mee] / ˈeɪ mi /

noun

Slang.

• amies
  plural

1. a vial of amyl nitrate.

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Amy ² American  

[ay-mee] / ˈeɪ mi /

noun

1. a first name: from a French word meaning “beloved.”

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• amies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of amy

By shortening

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Example Sentences

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amy Amy amies

"I'm glad I get to leave on amy own terms, with a little bit of dignity, and go out at the SCG where I love," he said, while expressing frustration at how he was treated.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

Is dat amy schumer in the bg and if it is, why is she in judge judy's audience/crowd?

From Time ● Aug. 17, 2017

Flynn, 57, retired US amy general and former director of the defense intelligence agency.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2017

Like comment 17, if you can’t make friends being told that it’s healthy to have friends is useless. — amy margolin I taught in the Japanese public school system for 3 years.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2010

Elsewhere he speaks of silence and solitude as amy des Muses.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn

The “terrific script was a team effort that welcomed the cast to come up with some of their own lines,” says Amy Nicholson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Around two-thirds of its spending goes towards "short-lived assets," specifically chips, due to customer demand for "both AI and non-AI infrastructure," CFO Amy Hood said during a call with analysts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Amy O’Hara, a retired police captain from Middleton, said she’s constantly being asked to recite Boston-inflected words “like I’m a seal at the aquarium.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Amy, now 26, and from Bristol, entered foster care at the age of 14 after what she describes as a difficult family situation.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Douglass, the most famous Black man in America, exchanged frequent letters with Amy, writing, “Your family was always very dear to me …”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Belle Helène proffered the statement rather hesitatingly, and no wonder, in a house where "les amies de mes amis sont mes amies" was the rule.

From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley

Oh, mes amies, what a rest to one's nerves that is!

From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield

"Bon soir, mes amies," she said evasively, and would have passed on, but, laughingly, they stopped her.

From The Guests Of Hercules by M. Leone Bracker

He would say, "Mes amis et mes amies, je regrette, mais mon cheval m'attend."

From Memoirs of My Dead Life by George (George Augustus) Moore

So were wont to die the belles amies of the philosophers.

From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France

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