- 2. Mixture, combination, compound, commixture, union, blending, commingling, intermingling, intermixture,
junction, conjunction.
- 3. Intermarriage (of different races, especially of black and white). See miscegenation.
Amanuensis, n. Scribe, secretary, copyist, transcriber, writer.
Amaranthine, a.
- 1. Of the amaranth, like an amaranth.
- 2. Unfading, fadeless, imperishable, undecaying, undying, deathless, immortal, perennial, ever-blooming,
ever-vernal.
- 3. Purplish, purpureal, amethystine.
Amass, v. a. Accumulate, gather, aggregate, pile up, heap up, scrape together, collect together, rake up, gather into a heap or pile.
Amateur, n. Dilettant, dilettante (pl. dilettanti), desultory cultivator.
Amatory, a. Amorous, amatorial, amatorian, erotic, tender, passionate, Anacreontic.
Amaurosis, n. (Med.) Drop serene, gutta serena.
Amaze, v. a. Astonish, astound, confound, confuse, perplex, bewilder, daze, stagger, stupefy, dumfound, dumfounder, surprise, take by surprise, strike with wonder, strike with astonishment, petrify with wonder.
Amazement, n. Astonishment, confusion, perplexity, stupefaction, bewilderment, marvel, wonder, surprise.
Amazing, a., Astonishing, astounding, confounding,confusing, perplexing, bewildering, stupendous, wonderful, surprising, marvellous, prodigious,portentous, miraculous, strange, striking,very extraordinary.
Amozon,n. Virago, termagant, shrew, scold, vixen, Tartar, Xanthippe.
Ambages, n. pl.
- 1. Windings, turnings, sinuosities.
- 2. Circumlocution, periphrasis, verbosity, verbiage, wordiness, diffuseness, circuit of words.
- 3. Subterfuges, evasions, indirections, quirks, tortuous courses, devious ways.
Ambagious, a.
- 1. Tortuous, sinuous, serpentine, winding, devious.
- 2. Tortuous, indirect, evasive, full of subterfuges.