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Amarylʹlis

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A pastoral sweetheart. The name is borrowed from the pastorals of Theocʹritos and Virgil.

“To sport with Amaryllis in the shade.”


Milton: Lycidas, 08.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Amadis of Gaul
Amadis of Greece
Amaimon
Amalfitan Code
Amalivaca
Amalthæa
Amalthea’s Horn
Amanda
Amarant
Amaranth
Amaryllis
Amasis (Ring of)
Amati
Amaurot (Greek, the shadowy or unknown place)
Amaurote
Amazement
Amazia
Amazon
Amazonia
Amazonian Chin (An)
Ambassador

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