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Definition of Amphimacers
1. amphimacer [n] - See also: amphimacer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphimacers
Literary usage of Amphimacers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher: Notes and Lectures by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1874)
"... through briar—• « * * * * Through flood, through fire^'* What a noble pair of
ears this worthy Theobald must have had ! The eight amphimacers or ..."
2. Esthetics by Kate Gordon (1909)
"... When spring-tides are low, etc. These lines give more the impression of a
gentle rocking motion than they do of onward haste. amphimacers are ..."
3. A Short Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin for Schools and Colleges by Victor Henry (1892)
"... se eral verses oi Homer where the form ia ou is read will not scan, and the
scansion becomes correct if we restore the form in oo; thus the amphimacers ..."
4. Plays of Shakespeare: Selected and Prepared for Use in Schools by William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1879)
"... after analyzing the measure, he speaks of the "delightful effect on the ear,"
caused by "the sweet transition" from the amphimacers of the first four ..."
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