amand
English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin amando, from ab (“from, away from”) + mando (“I order”).
Verb
editamand (third-person singular simple present amands, present participle amanding, simple past and past participle amanded)
- (obsolete) To send away; dismiss.
- c. 1660, R. Carpenter, Pragmatical Jesuit 64:
- Thou hellish Dog, Depart, or I will amand, ablegate, and send thee to some vast and horrid Desert.
Etymology 2
editAlteration of amende.
Noun
editamand (plural amands)
- (Scots law) A fine or penalty.
See also
editAnagrams
editOld French
editNoun
editamand oblique singular, ? (oblique plural amanz or amantz, nominative singular amand, nominative plural amanz or amantz)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of adamant
References
editadamant in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022