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amable

amable adjective: friendly, pleasant.

Adjective

amable (comparative more amable, superlative most amable)

  1. (obsolete) Friendly, pleasant.
    • What vtilite is ther, in the carnall bewtye of man? Is not man as drye as hay? And dothe * not his goodly beutye vanyshe awaye, as dothe the shadowe? And when death cōmeth, I pray you tell me, what goodlynesse shall remayne in the bodie? whē ye shall se his body swollē, and turned into all fylthy...[1545], S[aint] Bernard, translated by Thomas Paynell, “Of fornication the .xxiij. chap.”, in A Compẽdius & a Moche Fruytefull Treatyse of Well Liuynge, Cõtaynyng the Hole Sũme and Effect of Al...
    • But I muſt ſay, that however amable theſe Men, or any of them, may, poſſibly, appear, in their private Capacities, yet, as Aldermen, they are profeſſed Slaves, to the Miniſtry, and Tyrants, to the CITIZENS.1748 August 18, C[harles] Lucas, To the Free Citizens, and Free-Holders, of the City of Dublin, Dublin: […] James Kelburn, […], page 7

Examples of amable in a sentence

  • Tell me I praye you where shall his goodly and his amable face be then?[1545], S[aint] Bernard, translated by Thomas Paynell, “Of fornication the .xxiij. chap.”, in A Compẽdius & a Moche Fruytefull Treatyse of...
  • Bimeby they chucked me in here where I learns from this poor gang o’ red pals that the amable intention is to let me rot on quarter rations.1920, Richard Barry, “The Desperado’s Story”, in Fruit of the Desert, Garden City, N.Y.; London: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 96:

Forms of amable

comparativemore amable
superlativemost amable

Origin of amable

From Middle English amable, amabully, amebill, partly from Middle French amable (modern aimable) and partly from its etymon, Latin amābilis. Doublet of aimable (“likeable”).

Questions about amable

What does amable mean?
Amable means friendly, pleasant.
How do you use amable in a sentence?
Tell me I praye you where shall his goodly and his amable face be then?
What part of speech is amable?
Amable is an adjective.

Words near amable in the dictionary

  1. Amabel
  2. amaBhaca
  3. amabilis fir
  4. amabilis firs
  5. amability
  6. amable
  7. Amabot
  8. Amabots
  9. AMABs
  10. AMAC
  11. Amacao

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