amort

[ uh-mawrt ]

/ əˈmɔrt /

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spiritless; lifeless.

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First recorded in 1580–90, amort is from French à mort “at (the point of) death.” See a-⁵, mort¹

amort.

amortization.

Wherever the figure of Death is introduced, he is accompanied with the motto “Amort, amort.”
The Dance of Death|Francis Douce
Eusebius Amort died; a distinguished Bavarian ecclesiastical and theological writer.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell