amice
See also: Âmice
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French emit, from Latin amictus, from amiciō (see there for more). Compare French amict, Italian amitto, Portuguese amicto.
Noun
amice (plural amices)
Translations
hood, or cape with a hood, formerly worn by the clergy
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 amice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Etymology
From amīcus (“friendly, amicable”).
References
- amice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amice in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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