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WOTD – 16 August 2009

Etymology

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Latinamplus
Old Frenchample
Middle Frenchamplebor.
Middle Englishample
Englishample

    From lateMiddle Englishample, fromMiddle Frenchample, fromLatinamplus(“large”).

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    ample

    1. A fullysufficient orabundant quantity of;enough or more than enough.
      We haveample time to finish the task.
      It is a large house withample space for all of us.
      • 1667, John Milton,Paradise Lost (Book II)‎[1]:
        …a broad andample road, whose dust is gold…
      • 1862, Richard F. Burton,The City of the Saints:
        …a line of wooden troughs suppliesample water for irrigation.
      • 1911, Various (ed. Hugh Chisholm),1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Article on Sweden:
        …possesses anample supply of water-power for industrial purposes.
    2. (as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient;plenty.
      We don't need any more. We already haveample.

    Adjective

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    ample (comparativeampler,superlativeamplest)

    1. Large; great insize,extent,capacity, orbulk; for examplespacious,roomy or widelyextended.
      We have anample supply of water
      She has a veryample bosom.
    2. Notcontracted orbrief; notconcise;extended;diffusive
      anample story

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    Translations

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    large; great in size
    not contracted or brief; not concise
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    Anagrams

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    Catalan

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    Etymology

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    FromLatinamplus.

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    Adjective

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    ample (feminineampla,masculine and feminine pluralamples)

    1. wide
    2. ample,plentiful

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    French

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    Etymology

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    Inherited fromOld Frenchample, inherited fromLatinamplus.[1]

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    Adjective

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    ample (pluralamples)

    1. plentiful,abundant,copious,profuse,ample
    2. (of clothes)loose,baggy

    References

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    1. ^Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “amplus”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte,page488

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    Latin

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    Adverb

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    amplē (comparativeamplius,superlativeamplissimē)

    1. amply,largely

    Etymology 2

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    Adjective

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    ample

    1. vocativemasculinesingular ofamplus

    References

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    • “ample”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “ample”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

    Middle English

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchample, fromOld Frenchample, fromLatinamplus.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈampəl/,/ˈɛmpəl/

      Adjective

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      ample

      1. (Late Middle English)ample,copious,profuse

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