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Webster 1913 Edition

Amadou

Am′a-dou

,
Noun.
[F.
amadou
tinder, prop. lure, bait, fr.
amadouer
to allure, caress, perh. fr. Icel.
mata
to feed, which is akin to E.
meat
.]
A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (
Boletus
and
Polyporus
) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter.
Ure.

Webster 1828 Edition

Amadou

AM'ADOU

,
Noun.
A variety of the boletus igniarius, found on old ash and other trees.
This is written also amadow, and called black match, and pyrotechnical spunge, on account of its inflammability.

Definition 2024

Amadou

Amadou

See also: amadou

French

Proper noun

Amadou m

  1. A male given name, widely used in Islamic West Africa.

amadou

amadou

See also: Amadou

English

Noun

amadou ‎(uncountable)

  1. A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French *amadou, from amadouer ‎(“to coax, cajole, rub with touchwood”). More at amadouer.

Noun

amadou m ‎(plural amadous)

  1. lure; bait
  2. tinder; kindling; touchwood; spunk

Related terms

Etymology

A French spelling of a name ultimately derived from Arabic أَحْمَدُ ‎(ʾaḥmadu), i.e. Ahmad. Native spellings include Wolof and Pulaar Aamadu etc.

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