† greableadj.
Obsolete.
= agreeable adj., adv., and n., in various senses; fitting, accordant, compliant, pleasing, etc.
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
1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 112 The greable gardoun for al opin sclaundris.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi A certayne hour..To our intent that shalbe most greable.
1463 G. Ashby Prisoner's Refl. 104, in Poems (E.E.T.S.) 4 To chaung my lyf to god greable.
c1500 Melusine (1895) xxxix. 305 They were greable that he shuld be professed monke.
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.viv I therto had not ben greable.
1528 D. Lindsay Dreme Epistle 28 Tyll sic ane Prince to be so greabyll!
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Aiiiv To se howe greable we are of one mynde.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xii, 26 And howe is it likely and greable all diuelles beyng ennemyes of men.
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) i. i. 14 I know not what greable and pleasant fantasie.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]
sweetlyc900
queemlyOE
lustly971
winlyc1000
sootlya1125
to (a person's) queemc1175
lustilya1225
avenantlya1375
pleasinglya1398
queema1400
beinc1400
farrandlyc1400
pleasantlyc1400
pleasantlya1425
queemfullyc1425
thankfullyc1480
greablyc1500
dulcely1508
dulcea1525
pleasant1553
agreeably?1567
pleasurably1580
sugarly1587
flattering1597
sweet1597
attractively1640
well-pleasingly1645
welcomely1646
flatteringly1661
relishingly1677
satisfyingly1743
sweetsome1799
smilingly1806
dulcetly1810
gratifyingly1822
honeyedly1832
enjoyably1877
suavely1883
congenially1884
a fair treat1884
c1500 Partenay 1543 Honestly was don The mariage And weddyng greabilly.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 848 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 121 The pape begynnis ye grace as greably ganit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adj.1401