à la mort

American  

[a la mawr] / a la ˈmɔr /

adjective

1. mortally ill.

2. melancholy; dispirited.

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adverb

1. grievously; fatally.

Etymology

Origin of à la mort

Literally, “to the death”

Example Sentences

Il vaut mieux réunir tous ses efforts pour descendre avec quelque noblesse, avec quelque réputation, la route qui conduit de la jeunesse à la mort.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

In “De Chertablon, maniere de se bien preparer à la mort, &c.”

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

C’est qu’il faut penser à la mort, Tout vistement pliés bagage, Car il faut faire ce voyage.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

Les lxviii huictains ci-devant appellés la Danse Machabrey, par lesquels les Chrestiens de tous estats tout stimulés et invités de penser à la mort.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

"Amort" is said to be a corruption of à la mort.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley