agreeableadj.adv.n.

Brit.

/əˈɡriːəbl/, U.S.

/əˈɡriəbəl/

Forms: late Middle English aggreabill, late Middle English agreabull, late Middle English agreabyll, late Middle English–1700s agreable, 1500s aggreeable, 1500s– agreeable, 1800s– agreyable (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1900s– agribble (U.S. regional); Scottish pre-1700 aggreabil, pre-1700 aggreabill, pre-1700 aggreable, pre-1700 aggrieabell, pre-1700 agreabill, pre-1700 agreable, pre-1700 agriabill, pre-1700 agriable, pre-1700 1700s– agreeable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agreeable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman agreeable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French agreable , aggreable , French agréable (adjective) pleasing, seeking to please (both 12th cent. in Old French), (of a person) consenting, willing (c1270), appropriate, fitting (a1400), (of a proposal, etc.) able to be agreed on (1417–20), (noun) that which is pleasing or intended to please (1658–9; 1713 in faire l'agréable : see sense C. 4), person who seeks to please by adopting affected manners and speech (1st half of the 18th cent.) < agreer agree v. + -able -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin agreabilis (1458 in a British source; < French). Compare greable adj.Compare Old Occitan agradable, agradavol, Catalan agradable (14th cent.), Spanish agradable (c1275), Portuguese agradável (1441), Italian aggradevol (a1375).

A. adj.

a. With to (also †unto). That is to someone's liking; pleasing to a person, or to his or her taste.

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c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 669 An heir Moore agreable than this to my likynge.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xvi. sig. m. 1 That he myght conduyte hym that it myght be to god agreable.

c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) cxxxviii (MED) Bot gif the hert be groundit ferm and stable In Goddis law..Thy labour is to me agreable.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxxiii. [cxxix.] 373 Thus they went saylyng by the see fresshly..the see was so prompe and so agreeable to them.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) To Rdr. sig. A2 Many things..plausible unto my passed apprehension, which are not agreeable unto my present selfe.

1663 J. Beale Let. 31 Jan. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) II. 17 I preferd Genet moyle-cider, as more agreable to my own pallate.

1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iv. 427 A person..walking in a garden, with company agreeable to him.

1775 Lady's Mag. July 368/2 He must be quite agreeable to her by..the free accordance of his sentiments with her's upon almost every subject.

1863 Sat. Rev. 273 That painful manufacture of common-places which is called ‘making yourself agreeable to a lady’.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 650 They made themselves too agreeable to the English women.

1903 N.Y. Herald Tribune 30 Aug. (Suppl.) 2/1 All these dishes are agreeable to the American taste.

1984 G. Jones Hist. Vikings (rev. ed.) iv. i. 315 [They]..kept to the faith which was most agreeable to them.

2009 New Yorker 31 Aug. 78/1 The God of the Hebrew Bible clearly enjoys the right kind of burnt offerings..(Noah's smelled particularly agreeable to Him).

b. Without construction. That pleases a person; enjoyable, likeable, pleasant. (Now the most common sense.)

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]

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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adjective] > pleasing to the senses

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fairOE

softOE

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favourablea1398

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c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1097 But for the ryme ys lyght and lewed Yit make hyt sumwhat agreable.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1603/2 This man..had done to the king and Realme, ryght agreable seruyces.

a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 4 Speke lytell and be agreable.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta i. 18 A browne houshold bread agreeable enough for labourers.

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 5 Aug. (1965) I. 250 Nothing can be more agreable than travelling in Holland.

1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France II. 176 Two very agreeable French gentlemen.

1813 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 5) xix. 363 Christmas rose is very hardy, a plant or two potted is agreeable enough at such a season.

1859 G. H. Lewes Physiol. Common Life I. i. §6. 27 The sensation of Hunger is at first rather agreeable, but it quickly becomes unpleasant if prolonged.

1922 A. Huxley Let. 9 Sept. (1969) 209 Aunt Nettie is with us:..she is quite an agreeable companion.

1970 J. McPhee Crofter & Laird 6 Life was agreeable enough, albeit primitive, in the small villages.

1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 165 The fruits are dark red, juicy and have an agreeable taste.

2003 P. Reizin Don't try this at Home vii. 196 We spent an agreeable month in their house.

2. Of a thing (occasionally also a person): that corresponds or agrees to something.

†a. That conforms to the circumstances; expedient, suitable, fitting, convenient. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]

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OK1925

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 3134 (MED) Til we sen som agreable day.

1476 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 51 S. sal mary..[a] persone aggreable.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Wether l. 2590 in Poems (1981) 96 The sentence wes fructuous and agreabill, In moralitie exemplatiue prudent.

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iii. ii. iii. 131 And so make a Vessel of a wider, as a more agreeable bore.

a1740 I. Watts End of Time in Wks. (1753) I. 557 There is..a proper and agreeable time for every lawful work of nature and life.

1845 T. Parker Let. 4 Mar. in J. Weiss Life & Corr. T. Parker (1863) I. 471 If ever you can make it agreeable to come to West Roxbury, you shall find..hospitable hearts.

b. With to (also †unto). Conforming to, corresponding to. Now rare.In later use only of immaterial things.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > specific with or to something

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one with ——a1848

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a1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus (Tanner) (1879) l. 68 Moste agreable to myn entent.

1547 J. Bale Lattre Examinacyon A. Askewe f. 54^v Though in faythe she were not agreable to the worldes wylde opynyon.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iii. f. 4 His dyet was agreable unto his apparell.

1567 in F. G. Emmison Elizabethan Life (1980) (modernized text) V. 7 5 pair of sheets of housewife's cloth and 6 pillowberes agreeable to these sheets.

1603 Constit. & Canons Eccl. §58 Such Hoods as by the orders of the Universities are agreeable to their degrees.

1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 22 This is neither agreeable to Religion nor conscience.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 28 Above LXXX Years later... Which is agreeable to Suidas, who places him..about the LII Olympiad.

1708 Brit. Apollo 19–24 Nov. Monogamy is Agreeable to the Primary Intention of a Marriage-state.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. v. 55 It rarely happens that these are exactly agreeable to their standard.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 188 It is agreeable to all experience.

1904 C. M. Andrews Colonial Self-government v. 82 The duke of York..was intrusted with..absolute power to govern..his province..on condition that all laws be agreeable to those of England.

1970 R. Mousnier in J. P. Cooper Decline of Spain iii. 118 They distinguished between Machiavelli's false raison d'etat and the true one, agreeable to divine law.

c. With with. In agreement or accordance with; conforming or consistent with.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective]

oneOE

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1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 19 §10 The hole some..evenly agreable and concordaunte with the hoole some comprised in the seid endenture.

1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Tiii Their lengthe is agreable with their bredthe, and so thei make square figures.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 102 That which is agreeable with his naturall abilitie.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. i. 5 Blood-letting is not agreeable with Flegmatick Diseases.

1783 S. Johnson Let. 3 July (1994) IV. 164 Your anxiety about my health is..very agreeable with your general kindness.

1812 Sporting Mag. Dec. 96/1 I received two letters from respectable friends,..and when compared, [they] were exactly agreeable with each other.

1894 R. Ottolengui Mod. Wizard viii. 135 This view was entirely agreeable with the expert evidence.

1934 H. W. Nevinson In Dark Backward viii. 131 It is agreeable with the nature of man to long after things forbidden.

1996 W. McKane Jeremiah II. xxv. p. clxxiv It is agreeable with the thesis that the corpus of the book of Jeremiah grew over the centuries.

†d. Of two or more things: mutually corresponding; consistent with each other. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective]

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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > corresponding or analogous

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1540 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles Easter tyll Aduent f. xlviij Syth the recorde and wytnes of Christ and of hys apostles ought to be egall and agreable togethers: surely they muste haue one tenure of theyr testimonies.

1599 E. Ford Parismenos ix. sig. K3^v To see whether his valour and boastings were agreeable.

1692 W. Molyneux Let. 22 Dec. in J. Locke Some Familiar Lett. (1708) 14 These two Places,..have been stumbled at by some, as not consistent. To me indeed they appear, and are, very agreeable.

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. 427 The versions [of the Scriptures] were agreeable even in the most difficult places of the Old Testament.

3. Of a person: willing to agree to something, or to do something; favourably disposed, content. Chiefly with to. Now colloquial and regional.In later use chiefly in conditional statements.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [adjective]

goodeOE

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the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] > favourably

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1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 71 (MED) That the seide mater myght be comyned..to whiche bothe parties at that tyme were aggreable.

1467 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 396 I kannot in no wyse fynde hyre a-greable þat ye scholde haue here dowter.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxxxiiii God is nat sone agreable To here theyr cry.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxiii. f. xxxii To whose request the kynge was aggreable.

1524 King Henry VIII in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) I. ii. 43 The kings highnes is agreable to be a mediator.

?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) ii. 36 Wherto the Kinges Highnes agreable lett purvey and ordigne him to the receyvynges of their seid declaracions.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 113 The sacrifice [personified] was not agreeable that day.

1774 J. Stewart Two Eng. Gentlemen iii. iii. 26 I am of your opinion; and, if you are agreeable, we'll leave the town directly.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 114 I think we had better lie down, captain, if ye're no agreeable to another cheerer.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. i. 4 Well, sir, if Ann's agreeable, I say ditto.

1945 O. W. McConkie Dialogue at Golgotha 196 He [sc. Abraham] communicated his expectations to all who were agreeable to hearing him.

1998 UFO Mag. Jan. 39/2 I suggested,..if they were agreeable, [to] use the local press to run a story.

4. Of two or more parties: concurring in opinion, feeling, behaviour, etc.; in agreement or accord; agreeing, like-minded. Now rare (regional in later use).

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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective]

anmodOE

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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adjective] > not at variance

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i-somOE

oneOE

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a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 513 All the persones whos names here suen were agreable & there agreed.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Agreable, of one consente, mynde, or wyll. Concors.

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. iii. §5 113 The agreeable multitude of many Bishoppes.

1787 Seduction II. 173 I introduced him to my friends, and they became almost instantly facetious and agreeable together.

1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children II. vii. 85 We aren't very agreeable together, are we? Upon my word I think you'd better both go.

1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1991) I. 23/1 We agree on most things, but on politics we're..not agreeable.

5. Of an action, proposal, etc.: acceptable to someone. Without to: able to be agreed on by the parties involved.

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1583 Sir. J. Melvil Let. 15 Oct. in Mem. (1683) 144 Your Majesty's gracious..proposition then, was..most agreeable to all the Lords, Barons, and Ministers there present.

1698 tr. J. Bernard Acts & Negotiations of Peace of Ryswick 60 They could not make Choice of a Mediator more agreeable to all Parties concern'd..in the War, than..Prince Charles XII.

1720 W. Dunlop Let. conc. Overtures Kirk-sessions & Presbyteries 15 If the Thing proposed..should not be agreeable to the..Kirk, then..the Moderator might use his Negative to hinder it.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. i, in Wks. (1851) I. 64 In none of our historians do we find..mention of any difficulty in carrying through the measures which were agreeable to the king.

1800 Monthly Mag. Nov. 301/2 This [suggestion] seemed tolerably agreeable to all parties,..and peace was restored.

1892 W. E. Gladstone Let. 13 Aug. in L. Playfair Mem. & Corr. (1899) 386 If it is agreeable to you I should have sincere pleasure in submitting your name to her Majesty for a peerage.

1920 Atlantic Reporter 109 137/1 The general plan of financing and operating..is satisfactory, subject to such modifications as may be mutually agreeable between us and you.

1990 Sports Illustr. 10 Sept. 118/1 So far, the run-and-shoot..is agreeable to everyone on the team.

2002 S. S. Nagel Public Policy Stud. iii. vi. 102 A mediator is generally a third party chosen by the disputants who tries to arrive at an agreeable compromise.

B. adv.

In an agreeable manner; = agreeably adv. (in various senses); spec. (in early use) in accordance with, so as to conform to; (later) in a manner that pleases. Now colloquial and regional (chiefly U.S.).

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adverb] > so as to agree with another thing

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > conformably or accordingly

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1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. B To..accomodate hym selfe, and his matter agreable unto the comforte, and amendmente of the audience.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 285 They haue also, agreeable with the identitie of Thane and Steward, certain Stewarties at this day.

1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices iv. 100 He therefore imbibing this fallacious opinion, acted agreeable to its principles.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 249 Rakes and clowns..will..treat you agreeable to their own humour.

1759 tr. T. S. Gueullette Mogul Tales (ed. 2) xviii. 155 Perfectly pleased with each other, we passed our Hours most agreeable together.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 173 The Earl entered, agreeable to the Prince's summons.

1887 Peterson's Mag. Aug. 144/1 He smiled real agreeable, and said ‘when he visited Jouesville, he wouldn't fail to take tea with me.’

1995 J. Rosemond Family of Value i. ii. 55 If a policeman pulls someone over for running a stop sign,..he'd better act agreeable if he knows what's good for him.

C. n.

1. In plural. Pleasant or agreeable things. Now rare.After French usage. See the etymology, and cf. eatable n., drinkable n., valuable n., etc.In quot. 1673: an exclamation that something is agreeable (regarded as an affectation).

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasant qualities or circumstances

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agreementa1631

amenity1669

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agréments1711

1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master iii. 31 Put off all these French Fopperies and Vanidades, with all your Grimaces, Agreeables, Adorables, ma Foys, and Jernies.]

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 185 Easie Constantine, who lov'd not to go far in search of Agreeables.

1725 R. Bradley Surv. Husb. xx. 360 We might still improve these Agreeables, if we were to borrow so much from the Gardens.

1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 94 Accompanied by all those agreeables which render the cultivator of the earth the most happy of human beings.

1899 Connecticut Mag. Nov. 563/2 She wants a little..grace;..a few more years will probably add to the list of her agreeables.

1919 Psychol. Clinic 12 157 Seeking enjoyment, accepting the agreeables and rejecting the disagreeables, he learned to know good and evil.

†2. An agreeable person, esp. a woman or girl. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasing person

weala1225

pleaserc1447

agreeable1712

treat1825

nicey?1870

a fair treat1884

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > agreeable behaviour > person

agreeable1712

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > quality of being agreeable or affable > agreeable person

agreeable1712

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 511. ¶1 There were as many ugly Women as Beauties or Agreeables.

1739 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 149/2 The Pretties, and the Agreeables, shall be rated by the Number of their Lovers.

3. As a mass noun (with the). That which is agreeable; agreeable things collectively.

ΚΠ

1740 Countess of Pomfret Let. in Corr. Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret (1805) III. 302 Nor is this shore destitute of the noble as well as the agreeable; for often, on the top..of the rocks, are fortresses.

1757 T. Nugent tr. Voltaire Gen. Hist. & State Europe VI. i. 10 The want of the useful and the agreeable was increased since the expulsion of the Moors.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. vii. 162 All the agreeable of her speculation was over for that hour.

1880 Contemp. Rev. 37 69 No one will hesitate in allowing that the agreeable is good.

1904 E. F. Buchner tr. I. Kant in Educat. Theory Immanuel Kant 92 The merely agreeable is wholly sensuous... The beautiful is the sensuous-rational.

1990 F. M. L. Thompson in Cambr. Soc. Hist. Brit. 1750–1950 I. i. 33 The divisions within Victorian urban society, between the agreeable and the disagreeable, the comfortable and the bleak.

4. to do (also †make, †play) the agreeable: to make oneself pleasant; to say pleasing, polite, or courteous things. Now rare (archaic in later use). [After French faire l'agréable (1713); compare do v. 19b.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous [verb (intransitive)] > be agreeable

to make good visagec1386

to make (rarely bear) fair weatherc1400

to do (also make, play) the agreeable1825

to suit a person's book1827

1795 J. B. S. Morritt Lett. (1914) vii. 169 I often wish you could see us sitting..with our legs crossed..on a sofa, making the agreeable to an Aga.

1821 M. A. Kelty Favourite of Nature I. 53 Placed in the..predicament of having to entertain, or (in a short phrase) play the agreeable to those to whom she was entirely unknown.

1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 606 The handsomest man in the room never had more than ten minutes advantage over him,..provided he chose to ‘do the agreeable’ in the way of talk.

1867 H. Kingsley Silcote xviii. 209 The best thing you can do is to..begin to make the agreeable to the eldest Miss Granby.

1922 Living Age 4 Mar. 548/2 Not a little bored at having..to do the ‘agreeable’ to one so entirely outside the world of fashion as myself.

Compounds

Complementary, as agreeable-looking, agreeable-sounding, etc.

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1738 Weddell Voy. up Thames xi. 77 An agreeable looking old Gentleman entered our room.

1800 Albion & Evening Advertiser 10 Sept. By a slow evaporation to the consistence of a syrup, nine ounces of a brown agreeable tasting syrup were got.

1825 Harmonicon May 76/1 The Krotolon..might have been an agreeable sounding instrument, with bells or chimes.

1888 F. Addison Adventuress II. xvi. 226 The old gentleman had a smart and agreeable-looking maid to serve sherry.

1942 Life 16 Nov. 134/1 (advt.) Smooth, rich, agreeable-tasting Dominos are blended from imported and domestic tobaccos.

1995 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Jan. 6/2 A rather agreeable-sounding world of family get-togethers.

2009 N. Baker Anthologist ix. 133 Ted Kooster is an agreeable-looking young man with sticky-outy ears.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	agreeable
释义	agreeableadj.adv.n. Brit. /əˈɡriːəbl/, U.S. /əˈɡriəbəl/ Forms: late Middle English aggreabill, late Middle English agreabull, late Middle English agreabyll, late Middle English–1700s agreable, 1500s aggreeable, 1500s– agreeable, 1800s– agreyable (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1900s– agribble (U.S. regional); Scottish pre-1700 aggreabil, pre-1700 aggreabill, pre-1700 aggreable, pre-1700 aggrieabell, pre-1700 agreabill, pre-1700 agreable, pre-1700 agriabill, pre-1700 agriable, pre-1700 1700s– agreeable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agreeable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman agreeable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French agreable , aggreable , French agréable (adjective) pleasing, seeking to please (both 12th cent. in Old French), (of a person) consenting, willing (c1270), appropriate, fitting (a1400), (of a proposal, etc.) able to be agreed on (1417–20), (noun) that which is pleasing or intended to please (1658–9; 1713 in faire l'agréable : see sense C. 4), person who seeks to please by adopting affected manners and speech (1st half of the 18th cent.) < agreer agree v. + -able -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin agreabilis (1458 in a British source; < French). Compare greable adj.Compare Old Occitan agradable, agradavol, Catalan agradable (14th cent.), Spanish agradable (c1275), Portuguese agradável (1441), Italian aggradevol (a1375). A. adj. 1. a. With to (also †unto). That is to someone's liking; pleasing to a person, or to his or her taste. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 669 An heir Moore agreable than this to my likynge. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xvi. sig. m. 1 That he myght conduyte hym that it myght be to god agreable. c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) cxxxviii (MED) Bot gif the hert be groundit ferm and stable In Goddis law..Thy labour is to me agreable. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxxiii. [cxxix.] 373 Thus they went saylyng by the see fresshly..the see was so prompe and so agreeable to them. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) To Rdr. sig. A2 Many things..plausible unto my passed apprehension, which are not agreeable unto my present selfe. View more context for this quotation 1663 J. Beale Let. 31 Jan. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) II. 17 I preferd Genet moyle-cider, as more agreable to my own pallate. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iv. 427 A person..walking in a garden, with company agreeable to him. 1775 Lady's Mag. July 368/2 He must be quite agreeable to her by..the free accordance of his sentiments with her's upon almost every subject. 1863 Sat. Rev. 273 That painful manufacture of common-places which is called ‘making yourself agreeable to a lady’. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 650 They made themselves too agreeable to the English women. 1903 N.Y. Herald Tribune 30 Aug. (Suppl.) 2/1 All these dishes are agreeable to the American taste. 1984 G. Jones Hist. Vikings (rev. ed.) iv. i. 315 [They]..kept to the faith which was most agreeable to them. 2009 New Yorker 31 Aug. 78/1 The God of the Hebrew Bible clearly enjoys the right kind of burnt offerings..(Noah's smelled particularly agreeable to Him). b. Without construction. That pleases a person; enjoyable, likeable, pleasant. (Now the most common sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] winsomea900 sweetc900 likingeOE i-quemec950 lieflyOE winlyOE hereOE thankfulc1000 merryOE queemc1175 beina1200 willea1200 leesomec1200 savouryc1225 estea1250 i-wilc1275 winc1275 welcomea1300 doucea1350 well-pleasingc1350 acceptablea1382 pleasablea1382 pleasanta1382 pleaseda1382 acceptedc1384 amiablec1384 well-likinga1387 queemfulc1390 flattering1393 pleasinga1398 well-queeminga1400 comelyc1400 farrandc1400 greable1401 goodlyc1405 amicable?a1425 placablec1429 amene1433 winful1438 listyc1440 dulcet1445 agreeablec1450 favourousc1485 sweetly?a1500 pleasureful?c1502 dulcea1513 grate1523 prettya1529 plausible1541 jolly1549 dulcoratec1550 toothsome1551 pleasurable1557 tickling1558 suavec1560 amenous1567 odoriferous?1575 perfumed1580 glada1586 tickle1593 pleasurous1595 favoursome1601 dulcean1606 gratifying1611 Hyblaean1614 gratulatea1616 arrident1616 solacefula1618 pleasantable1619 placid1628 contentsome1632 sapid1640 canny1643 gustful1647 peramene1657 pergrateful1657 tastefula1659 complacent1660 placentiousa1661 gratifactorya1665 bland1667 suavious1669 palatable1683 placent1683 complaisant1710 nice1747 tasty1796 sweetsome1799 titbit1820 connate1836 cunning1843 mooi1850 gemütlich1852 sympathique1859 congenial1878 sympathetic1900 sipid1908 onkus1910 sympathisch1911 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adjective] > pleasing to the senses lithec888 fairOE softOE lickerousc1275 deliciousa1325 kindlya1382 favourablea1398 kinda1398 sugared1426 feelsomea1450 agreeablec1450 comfortablec1460 favourousc1485 grateful1553 sugar candy1575 lickerish1595 savouring1595 maumy1728 tasty1796 lekker1900 c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1097 But for the ryme ys lyght and lewed Yit make hyt sumwhat agreable. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1603/2 This man..had done to the king and Realme, ryght agreable seruyces. a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 4 Speke lytell and be agreable. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta i. 18 A browne houshold bread agreeable enough for labourers. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 5 Aug. (1965) I. 250 Nothing can be more agreable than travelling in Holland. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France II. 176 Two very agreeable French gentlemen. 1813 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 5) xix. 363 Christmas rose is very hardy, a plant or two potted is agreeable enough at such a season. 1859 G. H. Lewes Physiol. Common Life I. i. §6. 27 The sensation of Hunger is at first rather agreeable, but it quickly becomes unpleasant if prolonged. 1922 A. Huxley Let. 9 Sept. (1969) 209 Aunt Nettie is with us:..she is quite an agreeable companion. 1970 J. McPhee Crofter & Laird 6 Life was agreeable enough, albeit primitive, in the small villages. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 165 The fruits are dark red, juicy and have an agreeable taste. 2003 P. Reizin Don't try this at Home vii. 196 We spent an agreeable month in their house. 2. Of a thing (occasionally also a person): that corresponds or agrees to something. †a. That conforms to the circumstances; expedient, suitable, fitting, convenient. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] goodeOE rightOE queemlOE belonglOE behovingc1175 limplyc1200 tidefula1300 avenantc1300 mackc1330 worthy1340 hemea1350 convenientc1374 seemlya1375 shapelyc1374 ablea1382 cordant1382 meetc1385 accordable1386 accordinga1387 appurtenantc1386 pertinentc1390 accordanta1393 likea1393 setea1400 throa1400 agreeablec1425 habilec1425 suitly1426 competentc1430 suiting1431 fitc1440 proportionablec1443 justc1450 congruent?a1475 cordinga1475 congruec1475 afferant1480 belonging1483 cordable1485 hovable1508 attainanta1513 accommodate1525 agreeing1533 respondent1533 opportunate?1541 appropriate1544 commode1549 familiar1553 apt1563 pliant1565 liable1570 sortly1570 competible1586 sortable1586 fitty1589 accommodable1592 congruable1603 affining1606 feated1606 suity1607 reputable1611 suited1613 idoneousa1615 matchable1614 suitablea1616 congruous1631 fitten1642 responsal1647 appropriated1651 adapt1658 mack-like1672 squared1698 homogeneous1708 applicable1711 unforeign1718 fitted1736 congenial1738 assorted1790 accommodatable1874 OK1925 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 3134 (MED) Til we sen som agreable day. 1476 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 51 S. sal mary..[a] persone aggreable. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Wether l. 2590 in Poems (1981) 96 The sentence wes fructuous and agreabill, In moralitie exemplatiue prudent. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iii. ii. iii. 131 And so make a Vessel of a wider, as a more agreeable bore. a1740 I. Watts End of Time in Wks. (1753) I. 557 There is..a proper and agreeable time for every lawful work of nature and life. 1845 T. Parker Let. 4 Mar. in J. Weiss Life & Corr. T. Parker (1863) I. 471 If ever you can make it agreeable to come to West Roxbury, you shall find..hospitable hearts. b. With to (also †unto). Conforming to, corresponding to. Now rare.In later use only of immaterial things. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > specific with or to something accordable1386 convenientc1400 agreeablea1450 to be standing withc1487 consonanta1492 consowningc1503 correspondenta1533 quadrant1536 constant1574 suitablea1586 uniforma1586 congruous1599 responsible1600 consentaneous1621 sympathizinga1627 consistible1642 consistent1646 consentany1648 consonate1649 quadratea1657 consonous1660 consentient1661 of a piece with1665 symmetrious1667 unison1675 consisting1700 one with ——a1848 congruent1875 a1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus (Tanner) (1879) l. 68 Moste agreable to myn entent. 1547 J. Bale Lattre Examinacyon A. Askewe f. 54^v Though in faythe she were not agreable to the worldes wylde opynyon. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iii. f. 4 His dyet was agreable unto his apparell. 1567 in F. G. Emmison Elizabethan Life (1980) (modernized text) V. 7 5 pair of sheets of housewife's cloth and 6 pillowberes agreeable to these sheets. 1603 Constit. & Canons Eccl. §58 Such Hoods as by the orders of the Universities are agreeable to their degrees. 1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 22 This is neither agreeable to Religion nor conscience. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 28 Above LXXX Years later... Which is agreeable to Suidas, who places him..about the LII Olympiad. 1708 Brit. Apollo 19–24 Nov. Monogamy is Agreeable to the Primary Intention of a Marriage-state. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. v. 55 It rarely happens that these are exactly agreeable to their standard. View more context for this quotation 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 188 It is agreeable to all experience. 1904 C. M. Andrews Colonial Self-government v. 82 The duke of York..was intrusted with..absolute power to govern..his province..on condition that all laws be agreeable to those of England. 1970 R. Mousnier in J. P. Cooper Decline of Spain iii. 118 They distinguished between Machiavelli's false raison d'etat and the true one, agreeable to divine law. c. With with. In agreement or accordance with; conforming or consistent with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] oneOE consimilec1400 suinga1425 even?c1425 agreeable1512 uniform1540 consemblable?1541 suant1547 constantc1550 just?1556 similar1563 similary1564 unvaried1570 uniformal1574 consimilar1577 homogeneana1601 homogeneal1603 homogene1607 invariable1607 of a piece1607 undistinguisheda1616 univocal1615 immutable1621 uniformable1632 solemn1639 homogeneous1646 consistent1651 pariformal1651 self-consistent1651 congeniousa1656 level1655 undiversificated1659 equal1663 of one make1674 invarieda1676 congenerous1683 undiversified1684 equable1693 solid1699 consisting1700 tranquil1794 unbranching1826 horizontal1842 sole1845 self-similar1847 homoeomeric1865 equiformal1883 monochrome1970 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 19 §10 The hole some..evenly agreable and concordaunte with the hoole some comprised in the seid endenture. 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Tiii Their lengthe is agreable with their bredthe, and so thei make square figures. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 102 That which is agreeable with his naturall abilitie. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. i. 5 Blood-letting is not agreeable with Flegmatick Diseases. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 3 July (1994) IV. 164 Your anxiety about my health is..very agreeable with your general kindness. 1812 Sporting Mag. Dec. 96/1 I received two letters from respectable friends,..and when compared, [they] were exactly agreeable with each other. 1894 R. Ottolengui Mod. Wizard viii. 135 This view was entirely agreeable with the expert evidence. 1934 H. W. Nevinson In Dark Backward viii. 131 It is agreeable with the nature of man to long after things forbidden. 1996 W. McKane Jeremiah II. xxv. p. clxxiv It is agreeable with the thesis that the corpus of the book of Jeremiah grew over the centuries. †d. Of two or more things: mutually corresponding; consistent with each other. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] samtalec1175 samentalea1300 accordingc1300 accordantc1350 covenablec1384 concordable1393 accorda1413 suant1418 consonant1489 convenablea1500 concordant1512 semblable1513 convenient1526 modulatec1530 harmonical1531 harmoniacal1536 agreeable1540 concurrent1542 suitable1568 concinne1569 harmonial1569 sympathical1570 tunable1573 coherenta1575 conspiring1576 well-consenting1579 well-consorted1583 congruous1599 high-tuned1603 symbolizing1611 unjarring1620 concording1627 congruenta1637 harmonious1638 friendlya1641 unclashing1642 complying1646 symphoniacal1650 consistent1651 consentaneous1652 consentivea1657 symbolical1667 concordiousa1670 sympathetic1673 congenerous1677 symbolizant1685 congenial1693 symphonious1743 harmonic1756 concentual1782 undiscordant1819 concordial1822 attuned1833 connate1836 sympathetical1848 concentuous1850 consenting1858 consilient1867 tuned in1958 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > corresponding or analogous accordingc1300 proportionate?a1425 proportionablec1443 correspondentc1460 agreeable1540 answerable1551 match1551 analogical1577 suitablea1586 parallela1610 analogal1610 correlativea1626 matching1630 analogic1638 analogous1644 commensurate1644 samea1687 companion1766 homologous1837 to match1838 homological1849 homologic1880 homothetic1886 tallied1895 matched1925 1540 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles Easter tyll Aduent f. xlviij Syth the recorde and wytnes of Christ and of hys apostles ought to be egall and agreable togethers: surely they muste haue one tenure of theyr testimonies. 1599 E. Ford Parismenos ix. sig. K3^v To see whether his valour and boastings were agreeable. 1692 W. Molyneux Let. 22 Dec. in J. Locke Some Familiar Lett. (1708) 14 These two Places,..have been stumbled at by some, as not consistent. To me indeed they appear, and are, very agreeable. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. 427 The versions [of the Scriptures] were agreeable even in the most difficult places of the Old Testament. 3. Of a person: willing to agree to something, or to do something; favourably disposed, content. Chiefly with to. Now colloquial and regional.In later use chiefly in conditional statements. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [adjective] goodeOE agreeable1448 approbatory1548 better1566 favouring1586 approbative1611 applausive1628 pro1650 pleasing1652 favourable1655 approving1702 enthusiastic1777 all for1864 the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] > favourably bethoughta1250 fainc1275 agreeable1448 inclinablec1449 favourablec1460 inclined1561 hospitable1655 non-resistant1796 1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 71 (MED) That the seide mater myght be comyned..to whiche bothe parties at that tyme were aggreable. 1467 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 396 I kannot in no wyse fynde hyre a-greable þat ye scholde haue here dowter. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxxxiiii God is nat sone agreable To here theyr cry. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxiii. f. xxxii To whose request the kynge was aggreable. 1524 King Henry VIII in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) I. ii. 43 The kings highnes is agreable to be a mediator. ?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) ii. 36 Wherto the Kinges Highnes agreable lett purvey and ordigne him to the receyvynges of their seid declaracions. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 113 The sacrifice [personified] was not agreeable that day. 1774 J. Stewart Two Eng. Gentlemen iii. iii. 26 I am of your opinion; and, if you are agreeable, we'll leave the town directly. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 114 I think we had better lie down, captain, if ye're no agreeable to another cheerer. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. i. 4 Well, sir, if Ann's agreeable, I say ditto. 1945 O. W. McConkie Dialogue at Golgotha 196 He [sc. Abraham] communicated his expectations to all who were agreeable to hearing him. 1998 UFO Mag. Jan. 39/2 I suggested,..if they were agreeable, [to] use the local press to run a story. 4. Of two or more parties: concurring in opinion, feeling, behaviour, etc.; in agreement or accord; agreeing, like-minded. Now rare (regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] anmodOE accordantc1350 concordable1393 ogrant?a1400 whole1413 agreeing1440 communala1470 concordant1477 agreeablea1525 greeinga1547 one-hearted?1584 consenting1589 well-tuned1592 consentient1622 concording1627 unanimousa1631 unanimate1633 homodox1656 concurrent1660 concerted1673 of one lip1677 homodoxian1716 harmonious1724 concurring1732 assenting1752 one-voiced1821 solidary1841 solidaire1845 solid1855 ditto-saying1892 assented1907 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adjective] > not at variance saught956 i-somOE oneOE somec1275 agreeing1440 undividedc1440 concordant1477 agreed1484 agreeablea1525 one-hearted?1584 undistracteda1649 a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 513 All the persones whos names here suen were agreable & there agreed. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Agreable, of one consente, mynde, or wyll. Concors. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. iii. §5 113 The agreeable multitude of many Bishoppes. 1787 Seduction II. 173 I introduced him to my friends, and they became almost instantly facetious and agreeable together. 1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children II. vii. 85 We aren't very agreeable together, are we? Upon my word I think you'd better both go. 1968 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1991) I. 23/1 We agree on most things, but on politics we're..not agreeable. 5. Of an action, proposal, etc.: acceptable to someone. Without to: able to be agreed on by the parties involved. ΚΠ 1583 Sir. J. Melvil Let. 15 Oct. in Mem. (1683) 144 Your Majesty's gracious..proposition then, was..most agreeable to all the Lords, Barons, and Ministers there present. 1698 tr. J. Bernard Acts & Negotiations of Peace of Ryswick 60 They could not make Choice of a Mediator more agreeable to all Parties concern'd..in the War, than..Prince Charles XII. 1720 W. Dunlop Let. conc. Overtures Kirk-sessions & Presbyteries 15 If the Thing proposed..should not be agreeable to the..Kirk, then..the Moderator might use his Negative to hinder it. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. i, in Wks. (1851) I. 64 In none of our historians do we find..mention of any difficulty in carrying through the measures which were agreeable to the king. 1800 Monthly Mag. Nov. 301/2 This [suggestion] seemed tolerably agreeable to all parties,..and peace was restored. 1892 W. E. Gladstone Let. 13 Aug. in L. Playfair Mem. & Corr. (1899) 386 If it is agreeable to you I should have sincere pleasure in submitting your name to her Majesty for a peerage. 1920 Atlantic Reporter 109 137/1 The general plan of financing and operating..is satisfactory, subject to such modifications as may be mutually agreeable between us and you. 1990 Sports Illustr. 10 Sept. 118/1 So far, the run-and-shoot..is agreeable to everyone on the team. 2002 S. S. Nagel Public Policy Stud. iii. vi. 102 A mediator is generally a third party chosen by the disputants who tries to arrive at an agreeable compromise. B. adv. In an agreeable manner; = agreeably adv. (in various senses); spec. (in early use) in accordance with, so as to conform to; (later) in a manner that pleases. Now colloquial and regional (chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adverb] > so as to agree with another thing accordinglyc1449 according1480 consonant1483 agreeing1526 consonantly1532 agreeably1534 suitably1548 agreeable1549 correspondently?a1560 sortly1566 agreeingly to1612 consentaneously1660 consistently1708 consistent1732 correspondingly1835 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > conformably or accordingly thereafterc1175 likec1425 likec1425 accordantlyc1443 thereby1512 pursuantly1530 agreeable1549 pursuant1659 accordingly1688 whereby1918 1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. B To..accomodate hym selfe, and his matter agreable unto the comforte, and amendmente of the audience. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 285 They haue also, agreeable with the identitie of Thane and Steward, certain Stewarties at this day. 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices iv. 100 He therefore imbibing this fallacious opinion, acted agreeable to its principles. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 249 Rakes and clowns..will..treat you agreeable to their own humour. 1759 tr. T. S. Gueullette Mogul Tales (ed. 2) xviii. 155 Perfectly pleased with each other, we passed our Hours most agreeable together. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 173 The Earl entered, agreeable to the Prince's summons. 1887 Peterson's Mag. Aug. 144/1 He smiled real agreeable, and said ‘when he visited Jouesville, he wouldn't fail to take tea with me.’ 1995 J. Rosemond Family of Value i. ii. 55 If a policeman pulls someone over for running a stop sign,..he'd better act agreeable if he knows what's good for him. C. n. 1. In plural. Pleasant or agreeable things. Now rare.After French usage. See the etymology, and cf. eatable n., drinkable n., valuable n., etc.In quot. 1673: an exclamation that something is agreeable (regarded as an affectation). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasant qualities or circumstances suavity1594 agreementa1631 amenity1669 agreeables1710 agréments1711 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master iii. 31 Put off all these French Fopperies and Vanidades, with all your Grimaces, Agreeables, Adorables, ma Foys, and Jernies.] 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 185 Easie Constantine, who lov'd not to go far in search of Agreeables. 1725 R. Bradley Surv. Husb. xx. 360 We might still improve these Agreeables, if we were to borrow so much from the Gardens. 1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 94 Accompanied by all those agreeables which render the cultivator of the earth the most happy of human beings. 1899 Connecticut Mag. Nov. 563/2 She wants a little..grace;..a few more years will probably add to the list of her agreeables. 1919 Psychol. Clinic 12 157 Seeking enjoyment, accepting the agreeables and rejecting the disagreeables, he learned to know good and evil. †2. An agreeable person, esp. a woman or girl. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasing person weala1225 pleaserc1447 agreeable1712 treat1825 nicey?1870 a fair treat1884 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > agreeable behaviour > person agreeable1712 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > quality of being agreeable or affable > agreeable person agreeable1712 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 511. ¶1 There were as many ugly Women as Beauties or Agreeables. 1739 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 149/2 The Pretties, and the Agreeables, shall be rated by the Number of their Lovers. 3. As a mass noun (with the). That which is agreeable; agreeable things collectively. ΚΠ 1740 Countess of Pomfret Let. in Corr. Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret (1805) III. 302 Nor is this shore destitute of the noble as well as the agreeable; for often, on the top..of the rocks, are fortresses. 1757 T. Nugent tr. Voltaire Gen. Hist. & State Europe VI. i. 10 The want of the useful and the agreeable was increased since the expulsion of the Moors. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. vii. 162 All the agreeable of her speculation was over for that hour. View more context for this quotation 1880 Contemp. Rev. 37 69 No one will hesitate in allowing that the agreeable is good. 1904 E. F. Buchner tr. I. Kant in Educat. Theory Immanuel Kant 92 The merely agreeable is wholly sensuous... The beautiful is the sensuous-rational. 1990 F. M. L. Thompson in Cambr. Soc. Hist. Brit. 1750–1950 I. i. 33 The divisions within Victorian urban society, between the agreeable and the disagreeable, the comfortable and the bleak. 4. to do (also †make, †play) the agreeable: to make oneself pleasant; to say pleasing, polite, or courteous things. Now rare (archaic in later use). [After French faire l'agréable (1713); compare do v. 19b.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous [verb (intransitive)] > be agreeable to make good visagec1386 to make (rarely bear) fair weatherc1400 to do (also make, play) the agreeable1825 to suit a person's book1827 1795 J. B. S. Morritt Lett. (1914) vii. 169 I often wish you could see us sitting..with our legs crossed..on a sofa, making the agreeable to an Aga. 1821 M. A. Kelty Favourite of Nature I. 53 Placed in the..predicament of having to entertain, or (in a short phrase) play the agreeable to those to whom she was entirely unknown. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 606 The handsomest man in the room never had more than ten minutes advantage over him,..provided he chose to ‘do the agreeable’ in the way of talk. 1867 H. Kingsley Silcote xviii. 209 The best thing you can do is to..begin to make the agreeable to the eldest Miss Granby. 1922 Living Age 4 Mar. 548/2 Not a little bored at having..to do the ‘agreeable’ to one so entirely outside the world of fashion as myself. Compounds Complementary, as agreeable-looking, agreeable-sounding, etc. ΚΠ 1738 Weddell Voy. up Thames xi. 77 An agreeable looking old Gentleman entered our room. 1800 Albion & Evening Advertiser 10 Sept. By a slow evaporation to the consistence of a syrup, nine ounces of a brown agreeable tasting syrup were got. 1825 Harmonicon May 76/1 The Krotolon..might have been an agreeable sounding instrument, with bells or chimes. 1888 F. Addison Adventuress II. xvi. 226 The old gentleman had a smart and agreeable-looking maid to serve sherry. 1942 Life 16 Nov. 134/1 (advt.) Smooth, rich, agreeable-tasting Dominos are blended from imported and domestic tobaccos. 1995 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Jan. 6/2 A rather agreeable-sounding world of family get-togethers. 2009 N. Baker Anthologist ix. 133 Ted Kooster is an agreeable-looking young man with sticky-outy ears. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.n.c1405
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