Amish
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈɑːmɪʃ/
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amish
- Well, I watched a movie one time and it was about an Amish family.
Anyway, they have a lot of Amish in central PA.
- Anyway, they have a lot of Amish in central PA.
- OK, so but the Mennonite broke away from the Amish.
- So I went out to spend some time with the Amish to find out a bit about how they sleep.
- Then we went to what's that place called where all the Amish were?
- Honestly, what percentage of Amish never return from the rumspringer?
- We saw the Amish rejecting, you know, the Ford Model T and electricity.
- You know, I got a little log house built by the Amish.
- You can find so many different groups within the Amish.
- So talk a little bit about that from the Amish, you mean So the Amish.
- But yeah, the Amish were there's a dude.
- I I I saw the Amish and they, they they travel in packs.
- The Schwenkfelder IANS, which is a cross between Amish and Jerry Lewis.
- So my gut instinct will be that you'll get something like the Amish.
Examples
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I wonder what the average life expectancy of an Amish person is.
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But a lot of Amish kids on Rumspringer, they love Mountain Dew.
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So I went out to spend some time with the Amish to find out a bit about how they sleep.
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OK, this is a plate sold at an Amish County Fair.
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And staff asks if you were Amish for a day what would you miss the most?
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I will tell you, I do love an Amish cinnamon roll.
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We saw the Amish rejecting, you know, the Ford Model T and electricity.
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Amish chicken salad, please.
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During my visit to Pennsylvania, I met some Amish who shared their traditional farming methods.
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The Amish community is well-known for their intricate handmade quilts.
Compounds
- US
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7.8
A strict Christian group in the U.S. that lives simply, wears plain clothes, and avoids modern machines
Surface Forms
Morphology
Amish = Ammann (opaque) = Ammann + ish
Although formed by the suffix '-ish' added to the founder's name, the meaning 'member of the Amish community' is not predictable from the name for most learners.
Etymology
Amish comes from the name of a Swiss church leader, Ammann, and was used to mean 'followers of Ammann'. So Amish today means people who follow his simple, traditional way of life.