单词 | amiableness |
释义 | amiablenessn. a. With reference to a person or God. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] lovesomenessOE lovesomeheada1400 amiableness1528 amability1572 amiability1582 loveliness1657 lovableness1824 lovability1834 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. c.ij He speaketh swetelye throughe amiablenes of sanguine nature. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. H.3 There be two maner of beauties of the whiche..we must aplye amyablenesse to woman, dignyte to man. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster (rev. ed.) sig. D4v Ther's much amiablenes in a graue matron, but bee she young or old, leane, fat, short, tall, white, red, browne, nay euen blacke. 1684 R. Baxter Catholick Communion 32 Men must be loved..every one according to the measure of his amiableness. 1837 J. Harris Great Teacher 74 The character of Christ is the conception of a being of infinite amiableness. 1873 R. B. White Reason & Redempt. vi. 67 He [sc. Christ] has at least made clearer representations of the amiableness of God, than were made by the prophets. b. With reference to a thing. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [noun] > of things amiableness?1571 ?1571 E. Hake tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ (new ed.) sig. W.iiijv The right and true Christians doe take incredible delectacion..at the amiablenesse of the earth. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) ix. xi. 450 Let us inform our Minds..in the Excellency and Loveliness of Practical Religion..beholding it in its own beauty and amiableness. 1760 W. Law Coll. Lett. Interesting & Important Subj. xvi. 183 The Amiableness of any Virtue, or the horrid Nature of any Vice. 1798 Christian Mag. 5 Nov. 518 Here we find him revealed..in all the terror of his justice, and all the amiableness of his mercy. 1902 Signs of Times 15 Jan. 37/1 Enlightened by the Spirit we contemplate the amiableness of God's workmanship in his new creation. 2. The fact or quality of being friendly and pleasant in nature or character; = amiability n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > mixture of friendliness and worthiness amiableness1603 amiability1725 1603 R. Rogers Seuen Treat. ii. xvi. 171 That mildnes of spirit..changeth our boisterous nature into sweete amiablenes. 1661 J. Davenport Saints Anchor-hold 91 In an amiablenesse towards all, and in merciful helpfulnesse towards the afflicted. 1713 J. Addison Guardian No. 111 The natural Gaiety and Amiableness of the young Man wears off. 1781 S. Johnson Fenton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VI. 5 The amiableness of his manners made him loved wherever he was known. 1846 Blackwood's Mag. 60 482 My national frigidity was doomed to be thawed into civility, if not into amiableness. 1878 V. Durrant Mod. Minister II. x. 55/1 An amiableness of disposition that won all their hearts. 1902 Amer. Monthly Rev. of Reviews Mar. 338/1 The emperor had a genial disposition, and was loved for his amiableness by every one that came in contact with him. 1995 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 16 Dec. 18 Joel and Bryan..became well-liked local residents and won over many dubious observers by their amiableness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1528 |
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