amicablenessn.
/ˈamᵻkəblnəs/, U.S. /ˈæməkəbəlnəs/ 1. The fact or quality of being amicable; friendly or amiable disposition; = amicability n. 1.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun]
bonitya1425
gooditya1641
amicableness1646
proof1893
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun]
friendshipOE
friendliheada1393
fellowshipa1400
friendsomenessa1400
study?c1400
friendlinessc1475
stomach1476
friendlihood1481
towardliness1566
friending1596
amicability1643
amicableness1646
amicality1836
palliness1904
mateyness1915
matehood1924
palsy-walsiness1942
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > amity or good terms
peacea1350
amity1437
amicableness1646
compliance1647
a good (or right) understanding1649
1646 J. Saltmarsh Smoke in Temple 42 Give not over your amicablenesse for that; their Policy is no warrant against your duty.
1684 J. Walker Antidote 6 That more perfect Concord and Unity, Love and Amicableness we shall fully possess hereafter in Heaven.
1767 F. Sydenham in tr. Plato Banquet: 2nd Pt. 217 (note) The Elements of Nature, viewed in one Light, show us only mutual Fitness, Amicableness, and Friendship.
1797 B. Trumbull Compl. Hist. Connecticut xix. 514 They exercised great christian condescension and amicableness towards each other.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 74 The conversation..ended with determined amicableness.
1901 E. Selous Bird Watching iv. 84 How, then, is the amicableness—or, at any rate, the absence of any marked evidence of hostility—to be accounted for?
1994 M. Daly & M. Wilson in S. Parmigiani & F. S. vom Saal Infanticide & Parental Care i. v. 130 Violent hostility is episodic and amicableness is frequent even among nonrelatives.
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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
1667 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 552 This Experiment..to shew the Amicableness of Volatil spirits to the Blood.
1671 H. Stubbe Epistolary Disc. Phlebotomy 14 It may be with ease and safety ejected the body, and so the Mass of bloud regain its former lustre and amicableness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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