Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
amice .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d
amice .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
amyss .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word amess.
Examples
-
This one fact explains much of the fiscal stress at the state and local level — why states such as New York, New Jersey, and California are in such amess.
-
Exactly why England and other countries are in such amess.
-
That said, anyone who thinks that “England and other countries are in such a mess” has a strange view of what constitutes “amess”.
-
Exactly why England and other countries are in such amess.
-
That said, anyone who thinks that “England and other countries are in such a mess” has a strange view of what constitutes “amess”.
-
This one fact explains much of the fiscal stress at the state and local level—why states such as New York, New Jersey, and California are in such amess.
-
WV: amess-- what far too many of the cakes on this site are!
Sunday Sweets: Valentine's Treats Jen 2009
-
With so many things amiss and amess, why is President Obama so insistent in running from the Progressive wing of the Democrats while running to the political - status quo - corporate - nochange - Center?
-
The auditors of the contracts aren't the only ones with amess on their hands.
Congress knowingly throws billions at graft, incompetence and a growing mercenary army 2007
-
Latin Rite, there are the cappa magna, the amess, the mozetta, the rochet, the biretta; in the Greek Rite the mandyas (mantle) of the bishops, and the biretta-like covering for the head called kamelaukion, which, when worn by monks or bishops, has a veil called exokamelaukion.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.