Amis
Speech parts
1. Amis - Noun
2. Amis - Proper noun
Meaning
Amis
A surname from Old French.
Amis pl (plural only)
Amis people, an ethnic group in Taiwan
Amis
The language of these people.
Amis
A surname from Old French.
Amis pl (plural only)
Amis people, an ethnic group in Taiwan
Amis
The language of these people.
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Examples
After serving in the Royal Corps of Signals in the Second World War, Amis returned to Oxford in October 1945 to complete his degree.
Amis replied, "It’s more that I hate Him."
Amis had a somewhat complex relationship with anti-Semitism, which he sometimes expressed but also disliked and opposed.
Amis was married a second time, to the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard from 1965 to 1983, with whom he had no children.
Amis repaid the debt by dedicating the finished book to Larkin.
Before becoming known as a poet, Larkin had published two novels; Amis, on the other hand, originally wished to be a poet, and turned to writing novels only after publishing several volumes of verse.