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amiable - 4 dictionary results

a⋅mi⋅a⋅ble

[ey-mee-uh-buhl]
–adjective
1. having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
2. friendly; sociable: an amiable greeting; an amiable gathering.
3. agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others.
4. Obsolete. lovable or lovely.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF < LL amīcābilis amicable


a⋅mi⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, a⋅mi⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
a⋅mi⋅a⋅bly, adverb


1. gracious. 2. amicable.


1. rude. 2. unfriendly, hostile.
a·mi·a·ble   (ā'mē-ə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable.
  2. Cordial; sociable; congenial: an amiable gathering.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin amīcābilis; see amicable.]
a'mi·a·bil'i·ty, a'mi·a·ble·ness n., a'mi·a·bly adv.

Amiable

A"mi*a*ble\, a. [F. amiable, L. amicabilis friendly, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. Amicable, Amorous, Amability.]

1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obs. or R.]

So amiable a prospect. --Sir T. Herbert.

2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.

3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.

4. Done out of love. [Obs.]

Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. --Shak.
Language Translation for : amiable
Spanish: afable, amable,
German: liebenswürdig,
Japanese: 気立ての良い

amiable 
c.1350, from O.Fr. amiable, from L. amicabilis "friendly," from amicus "friend," related to amare "to love" (see Amy). The form confused with O.Fr. amable "lovable," from L. amare.
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