amiable

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈeɪ.mi.ə.bəl/
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/ˈeɪ.mi.ə.bəl/ · /ˈæ.mi.ə.bəl/

Definition of amiable

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious
    “an amiable temper”
    “amiable ideas”
    “The sums I have lent him! indeed—I have been exceedingly to blame—it was an amiable weakness!”
    “A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.”
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adj

  1. Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious
    “an amiable temper”
    “amiable ideas”
    “The sums I have lent him! indeed—I have been exceedingly to blame—it was an amiable weakness!”
    “A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.”
  2. Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like
    “an amiable person”
    “My deyſy delectabyll My prymerose commendabyll My vyolet amyabyll My ioye in explicabill Nowe torne agayne to me”
    “A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English amyable, from Old French amiable, from Late Latin amīcābilis (“friendly”), from Latin amīcus (“friend”), from amō (“love”, verb). The meaning has been influenced by French amiable and Latin amābilis (“loveable”) (whence English aimable and amable). Doublet of amicable. Compare with amorous, amability.

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