agreeabilityn.

Brit.

/əˌɡriːəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/əˌɡriəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Forms: Middle English agreablete, 1500s agreabilitie, 1500s agreabilyte, 1500s aggreeability, 1700s– agreeability.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French agréableté ; agreeable adj., -ty suffix¹.

Etymology: Originally (in early use) < Middle French agréableté (13th cent. in Old French in sense ‘act by which one makes oneself agreeable’) < agréable agreeable adj. + -te -ty suffix¹. In later use < agreeable adj. + -ty suffix¹ (see -bility suffix); compare agreeableness n.

Now somewhat archaic.

The quality of being agreeable (in various senses); esp. agreeableness of disposition, pleasantness.Before the 18th cent. apparently only in Chaucer (quot. ?c1400). The word does not appear in any dictionary before Todd's edition of Johnson's Dictionary (1818).

ΘΚΠ

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

lustfulnessa900

sweetnessc900

sootnessc1000

unloathfulnessc1350

sugarc1374

pleasancec1395

agreeability?c1400

dulcourc1429

pleasure1497

pleasantnessa1500

douceness1518

dulceness?1526

dulcetness1528

pleasancy1545

ungrieffulness1556

acceptableness1565

rose water1584

pleasingnessa1586

amenity?1591

pleasing1591

acceptance1594

suavity1594

prettiness1604

jucundity1620

dulcity1623

pleasurableness1626

agreeablenessa1631

placency1639

acceptability1647

dulce1654

amicableness1667

pleasurability1793

niceness1809

dulciness1828

enjoyableness1868

Gemütlichkeit1892

sweetness and light1927

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

pleasancec1350

agreeability?c1400

douceurc1400

plausibility1596

amenity1612

agreeablenessa1631

geniality1652

complacence1767

sweetness and light1867

genialness1888

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

agreeability?c1400

affability?1483

facility1542

easiness1567

affableness1587

agreeablenessa1631

communicablenessa1631

conversableness1675

agreemony1678

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. iv. l. 1099 Al fortune is blisful to a man by þe agreablete [1532 agreabilyte] or by þe egalite of hym þat suffreþ it.

1730 J. Ilive Layman's Vindic. Christian Relig. i. i. 68 The agreeability of the doctrinal part of these writings of the prophets..is one instance that they are credible.

1778 F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 77 She was all good humour..& agreeability. Surely I may make words, when at a loss, if Dr. Johnson does.

1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. v. 105 His house was the focus of agreeability.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. i. 4 Remarkable for rank, fashion, and agreeability.

1919 E. S. Sampson Mammy's White Folks ix. 110 Mrs. Carley did all in her power to bring to Dr. Wallace's notice the general agreeability of the desirable widow.

1991 M. Curtin Plastic Tomato Cutter iii. 16 ‘Clement weather, Sir Thomas.’ He was tossed a florin for his agreeability.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agreeability
释义	agreeabilityn. Brit. /əˌɡriːəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /əˌɡriəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Forms: Middle English agreablete, 1500s agreabilitie, 1500s agreabilyte, 1500s aggreeability, 1700s– agreeability. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French agréableté ; agreeable adj., -ty suffix¹. Etymology: Originally (in early use) < Middle French agréableté (13th cent. in Old French in sense ‘act by which one makes oneself agreeable’) < agréable agreeable adj. + -te -ty suffix¹. In later use < agreeable adj. + -ty suffix¹ (see -bility suffix); compare agreeableness n. Now somewhat archaic. The quality of being agreeable (in various senses); esp. agreeableness of disposition, pleasantness.Before the 18th cent. apparently only in Chaucer (quot. ?c1400). The word does not appear in any dictionary before Todd's edition of Johnson's Dictionary (1818). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] lustfulnessa900 sweetnessc900 sootnessc1000 unloathfulnessc1350 sugarc1374 pleasancec1395 agreeability?c1400 dulcourc1429 pleasure1497 pleasantnessa1500 douceness1518 dulceness?1526 dulcetness1528 pleasancy1545 ungrieffulness1556 acceptableness1565 rose water1584 pleasingnessa1586 amenity?1591 pleasing1591 acceptance1594 suavity1594 prettiness1604 jucundity1620 dulcity1623 pleasurableness1626 agreeablenessa1631 placency1639 acceptability1647 dulce1654 amicableness1667 pleasurability1793 niceness1809 dulciness1828 enjoyableness1868 Gemütlichkeit1892 sweetness and light1927 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > agreeable behaviour pleasancec1350 agreeability?c1400 douceurc1400 plausibility1596 amenity1612 agreeablenessa1631 geniality1652 complacence1767 sweetness and light1867 genialness1888 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > quality of being agreeable or affable agreeability?c1400 affability?1483 facility1542 easiness1567 affableness1587 agreeablenessa1631 communicablenessa1631 conversableness1675 agreemony1678 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. iv. l. 1099 Al fortune is blisful to a man by þe agreablete [1532 agreabilyte] or by þe egalite of hym þat suffreþ it. 1730 J. Ilive Layman's Vindic. Christian Relig. i. i. 68 The agreeability of the doctrinal part of these writings of the prophets..is one instance that they are credible. 1778 F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 77 She was all good humour..& agreeability. Surely I may make words, when at a loss, if Dr. Johnson does. 1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. v. 105 His house was the focus of agreeability. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. i. 4 Remarkable for rank, fashion, and agreeability. 1919 E. S. Sampson Mammy's White Folks ix. 110 Mrs. Carley did all in her power to bring to Dr. Wallace's notice the general agreeability of the desirable widow. 1991 M. Curtin Plastic Tomato Cutter iii. 16 ‘Clement weather, Sir Thomas.’ He was tossed a florin for his agreeability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?c1400
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