Aymé

[ e-mey ]

/ ɛˈmeɪ /

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noun

Mar·cel

[mar-sel], /marˈsɛl/, 1902–67, French novelist and short-story writer.

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Words nearby Aymé

aykhona wena, Aykroyd, Aylesbury, Aylward, Aymara, Aymé, Ayodhya, ayont, ayous, Ayr, Ayrshire

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How to use Aymé in a sentence

There is an old book on archery, entitled "Ayme for Finsbury Archers," 1628.
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles|Daniel Hack Tuke
His motto "J'ayme qui m'ayme" was carried on a second flag by a little page.
Sir Nigel|Arthur Conan Doyle
With fifteen hundred bow-men bold; All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of neede To ayme their shafts arright.
A Book of Ballads, Volume 3|Various
For which great losse We ayme at nothing but his rotten flesh,Nor is that cruelty.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger

How then ayme we at Peter Aretine, that is so wittie, hath such varietie, and frames so manie new words?
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592|Arthur Acheson

British Dictionary definitions for Aymé

Aymé

/ (French ɛme) /

noun

Marcel (marsɛl). 1902–67, French writer: noted for his light and witty narratives

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