amay
obsolete
amay is a verb meaning “to dismay; confound; be dismayed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-M-A-Y, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does amay mean?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto dismay; confound; be dismayed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of amay
- amays present, singular, he/she/it
- amaying participle, present
- amayed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is amay?
Amay appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does amay come from?
Inherited from Middle English amayen, from Old French amaier, esmaier (“to dismay”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).