inamiability
inamiability noun: the quality of being inamiable.
Noun
inamiability (uncountable)
- The quality of being inamiable.
- Malkin, never perhaps the best tempered of men, was by this rendered a most ferocious cynic, and his inamiability was not softened by finding himself in the midst of military countrymen, whose habits, conversation, and amusements were every way uncongenial to his.1825, [Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby], “[Il Critico.] Introduction.”, in The English in Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, page 161
- This is no place for the defence of a vein for satire, nor for insisting on its utility; but we may observe that caricature becomes necessary in all scenic representations; and, insomuch as the reprover oversteps the exact truth of occurrences, in order to heighten their interest, and to make the...1830, Jon Bee, “An Essay on the Life, Genius, and Writings, of Samuel Foote, Esq.”, in The Works of Samuel Foote, Esq. With Remarks on Each Play, and an Essay […], volume I, London: Sherwood...
- Synonyms:
- unamiability, unamiableness
Examples of inamiability in a sentence
- Cooley informs us—but for all that, he might have spared the actors the publicity he thus gratuitously gives it, and spared his readers, moreover, the evidence of his own inamiability.1842 December, “[Literary Review.] The American in Egypt. […] By James Ewing Cooley. […]”, in William C[arey] Richards, editor, The Orion...
- One has indigestion, scowls fiercely, tries to swallow large lumps of inamiability, and fears she is not sublime.1866 November, “Invalidism”, in The Atlantic Monthly. […], volume XVIII, number CIX, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, […], →ISSN, →OCLC...
Synonyms of inamiability
Origin of inamiability
From in- + amiability, after inamiable. Piecewise doublet of inamicability, inimicability, unamiability, and unamicability.
Questions about inamiability
- What does inamiability mean?
- Inamiability means the quality of being inamiable.
- How do you use inamiability in a sentence?
- Cooley informs us—but for all that, he might have spared the actors the publicity he thus gratuitously gives it, and spared his readers, moreover, the evidence of his own inamiability.
- What part of speech is inamiability?
- Inamiability is a noun.
Words near inamiability in the dictionary
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