amelia

[uh-mel-ee-uh, ey-mee-lee-uh]

noun Pathology.

the congenital absence of one or more limbs.

Origin of amelia

First recorded in 1970–75; a-⁶ + -melia

Amelia

[uh-meel-yuh]

noun

a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “industrious.”

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Examples from the Web for amelia

Contemporary Examples

Iggy Azalea was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in New South Wales.
The Cultural Crimes of Iggy Azalea
Amy Zimmerman
December 29, 2014
The house decays around Amelia and Samuel, their world narrows and becomes mad, undealable with.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook
Tim Teeman
December 19, 2014
Amelia says some truly terrible things to Sam, supposedly inhabited by the Babadook but really consumed in grief.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook
Tim Teeman
December 19, 2014
Just as in real life, you can come to live with grief, so Amelia and Sam do at the end of the film.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook
Tim Teeman
December 19, 2014
You can accord it a place, and then—hopefully—like Amelia and Sam find a way to get on with your life.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook
Tim Teeman
December 19, 2014

Historical Examples

Dear Amelia, how interesting your brother looks when he is pleased!
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
She would leave Amelia to have the pleasure of showing them the grounds.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
But don't read it till you are out of my sight—Is Amelia up?
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
Do, my dear Lightbody, go to Amelia and my son from me, and tell them that charming news.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
"Acquitted by a smile from Amelia, worth all our acclamations," said Mrs. Beaumont.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth

British Dictionary definitions for amelia

amelia

noun

pathol the congenital absence of arms or legs

Word Origin

from a- 1 + Greek melos limb + -ia

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Word Origin and History for amelia

Amelia

fem. proper name, of Germanic origin, literally "laborious" (cf. Old Norse ama "to trouble"), later assimilated with Roman gens name Aemilia.

amelia in Medicine

amelia

(ə-mĕl′ē-ə, ə-mē′lē-ə)

Congenital absence of one or more limbs.

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Examples from the Web for amelia

Contemporary Examples

Iggy Azalea was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in New South Wales.

The house decays around Amelia and Samuel, their world narrows and becomes mad, undealable with.

Amelia says some truly terrible things to Sam, supposedly inhabited by the Babadook but really consumed in grief.

Just as in real life, you can come to live with grief, so Amelia and Sam do at the end of the film.

You can accord it a place, and then—hopefully—like Amelia and Sam find a way to get on with your life.

Historical Examples

Dear Amelia, how interesting your brother looks when he is pleased!

She would leave Amelia to have the pleasure of showing them the grounds.

But don't read it till you are out of my sight—Is Amelia up?

Do, my dear Lightbody, go to Amelia and my son from me, and tell them that charming news.

"Acquitted by a smile from Amelia, worth all our acclamations," said Mrs. Beaumont.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for amelia

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Origin of amelia