amiable
adjEtymology
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.
- derived from amīcus
- derived from amīcābilis
- derived from amiable
- inherited from amyable
Definitions
Friendly
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!
Of a pleasant and likeable nature
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.
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at amiable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at amiable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at amiable
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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