amaritude
English
Etymology
From Latin amaritudo, from amarus (“bitter”). Compare Old French amaritude.
Noun
amaritude (countable and uncountable, plural amaritudes)
- bitterness
- John Speed, The Historie of Great Britain Under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans.
- King Iohn, with much more bleeding amaritude of ſpirit, ſhall quickly ſee and feele.
- John Speed, The Historie of Great Britain Under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for amaritude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)