Amateur

[Fr. from Lat. amator, a lover.] A person having a taste for a particular art, yet not profe ing, nor being dependent upon it. Amateur's hip, n. The quality or character of an amateur. Ama'thus. ( Anc . Geog.) A city on the S. side of the island of Cyprus, especially dedicated to Venus. The island is sometimes called A math us i a. A. is now named Limmesol. "That cannot choose but amaze him. If he be not amazed , he will be mocked; if he be amazed , he will every way be mocked."- Shak . Used in poetry as a synonym of AMAZE"Then casting back his eyes with dire amaze, MENT, q. v. Sees, on the Punick shore, the mounting blaze!"-Dryden. Amaz'edly, adv. Confusedly; with amazement; with confusion. (R.)