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amene, a.|əˈmiːn|
Also 6 amen, ameyne.
[a. OFr. *amene, ad. L. amœnum pleasant, connected with amāre to love. (Godefroi has the adv. amenement pleasantly.) Not uncommon in 15th c.; afterwards only in Sc. writers, with whom it was a favourite word; occasional in Eng. writers of present c.]
Pleasant, agreeable.
c1400Epiph. (Turnb. 1843) 125 To thi son be for (h)us amene. c1500Lancelot 997 The morow blythfull and amen. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 347 The da wes fair, the wedder richt and ameyne. 1578Ps. li. in Sc. Poems 16th C. II. 112 In heuinly joy, fair and amene. c1820Fuseli Lect. Art xii. (1848) 550 Whatever is commodious, amene, or useful, depends in a great measure on the arts. 1863R. Burton Abeokuta I. 1 The amene delta of the lovely Niger. |