AMBSACE Definition & Meaning

ambsace

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[eymz-eys, amz-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Archaic.

the lowest throw at dice, the double ace.
bad luck; misfortune.
the smallest amount or distance.

ambsace

/ ˈeɪmzˌeɪs, ˈæmz- /

noun

double ace, the lowest throw at dice
bad luck

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ambsace¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ambes as, from Old French, from Latin ambas “both” + as “unit (of money, weight, etc)”; ace

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ambsace¹

C13: from Old French ambes as, both aces; as from Latin: unit

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Aeschylus, it seems to me, is willing, just as Shakespeare is, to risk the prosperity of a verse upon a lucky throw of words, which may come up the sices of hardy metaphor or the ambsace of conceit.

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ambry ambulacrum

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