amadou

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈæ.mə.duː/

Definition of amadou

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

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Etymology

From French amadou (“tinder, lure, bait”), from amadouer (“to allure, caress”), perhaps from Icelandic mata (“to feed”), which is akin to English meat.

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