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amadou

[ am-uh-doo ]

noun

  1. a spongy substance prepared from fungi, Polyporus ( Fomes ) fomentarius and allied species, growing on trees, used as tinder and in surgery.


amadou

/ ˈæməˌduː /

noun

  1. a spongy substance made from certain fungi, such as Polyporus (or Fomes ) fomentarius and related species, used as tinder to light fires, in medicine to stop bleeding, and, esp formerly, by anglers to dry off dry flies between casts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of amadou1

1805–15; < French, Middle French, apparently noun derivative of amadouer to coax, influence by flattery. verbal derivative of Provençal, Old Provençal amadou ( r ) lover < Latin amātōr- , stem of amātor ( amateur ); name is usually explained by the conventional association between love and highly combustible substances
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Word History and Origins

Origin of amadou1

C18: from French, from Provençal: lover, from Latin amātor, from amāre to love; so called because it readily ignites
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Example Sentences

The driver, Amadou Diallo, was a courtly African immigrant who made it a point to wear a tie as he worked.

This has happened before, to Amadou Diallo, Abner Louima, Emmett Till—even during the New York City draft riots of 1863.

From Rodney King to Amadou Diallo to Sean Bell, stories of police over-response continue to fill the news.

Just over a dozen years ago, Amadou Diallo was shot at 41 times by police officers who mistook his wallet for a gun.

In this English publication, the word "punk" is not used; the substance is called "amadou."

Its thick spongy stem, being reduced to charcoal, takes fire like amadou.

I suppose, if the datum has anywhere been admitted to French publications, the word "amadou" has been avoided, and "punk" used.

Thom says that Boletus laricis and Polyporus fomentarius yield the amadou of commerce.

Le costume n'est pas uniforme; on voit plus d'un manteau amadou rapic de bleu vif ou de rouge garance.

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