Amies
a female friend.
a girlfriend or female lover.
a vial of amyl nitrate.
historical examples
wealthy brokers built roman homes, not forgetting the fish ponds, for their amies.
talleyrand joseph mccabe
noun
a female friend
fem. proper name, from old french amee, literally “beloved,” from fem. past participle of amer “to love,” from latin amare, perhaps from pie -am-a-, suffixed form of root -am-, a latin and celtic root forming various nursery words for “mother, aunt,” etc. (cf. latin amita “aunt”).
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