amityn.

Brit.

/ˈamᵻti/, U.S.

/ˈæmədi/

Forms:

α. late Middle English–1500s amite, late Middle English–1500s amyte, late Middle English–1500s amytee, late Middle English–1500s amytye, late Middle English–1600s amitee, late Middle English–1600s amytie, 1500s amyty, 1500s–1600s amitie, 1500s–1600s amitye, 1500s– amity, 1600s ametie; also Scottish pre-1700 amete, pre-1700 ametye, pre-1700 amite, pre-1700 amitee, pre-1700 amitey, pre-1700 amitie, pre-1700 amittee, pre-1700 amytie, pre-1700 aymitie.

β. late Middle English amiste, late Middle English amistee, late Middle English amyste.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman amistee, Anglo-Norman and Middle French amité, amisté, variants of amitié , amistié (French amitié ) friendship, friendly relations, a friendship (11th cent. in Old French as amistet ), (chiefly in plural) sign or expression of friendship, salutation (14th cent.) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *amīcitāt- , *amīcitās , alteration (with change of inflection; compare -ty suffix¹) of classical Latin amīcitia friendship, friendly relations, especially between states or rulers, affinity, accord < amīcus friend (see amyke n.) + -itia -ice suffix¹.

a. Friendship, friendliness, cordiality; friendly relations, esp. of a public character. Formerly also in plural in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friendship

friendshipeOE

friendredeeOE

familiarity?c1225

amoura1300

amity1437

cronyism1840

mateship1849

palship1865

philia1938

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

1437 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1437 §37. m. 2 Certeins merchauntz of Leyden, Amsterdamme..and Seland, beyng of þe special amiste of oure soverain lorde, come þider to have boght a gret part of þe said wolles and wolfell.

1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 498 The preseruacion off þe amyteys taken late..wyth Fraunce.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 12^v Suche..as shulde be admytted to strayte amytyes.

1597 W. Cecil in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) III. 44 The auncient amitie between Spain and him.

1631 T. Heywood England's Elizabeth (1641) 45 Two brothers..knit and joyned together in amitie.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 348 This Pledge of ancient Amity receive, Which to my second Sire I justly give.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 290 She declared her resolution to live in perpetual amity with England.

1816 J. Austen Emma I. xii. 207 All the unceremoniousness of perfect amity .

1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 101 Treaties of amity and commerce.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt ix. 122 The amity of the dinner was destroyed by the nagging of the Swansons.

2002 E. Peters Golden One (2003) 488 Tourists, convalescent officers, Egyptian workmen, and the permanent residents of Luxor mingled in amity.

b. A friendly relationship or association; a friendship. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friendly relation(s)

friendshipeOE

amity1566

amicabilities1658

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxxi. f. 62 Courtiers occupied themselfes, in..makinge of Mariages, amities, and attonementes.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ii4^v All leagues and Amities consist of mutuall Intelligence, and mutuall Offices.

1703 Universal Dict. at Abdilchair The King resolved to..give him his Daughter in Marriage; hoping thereby to contract a lasting Amity with the Precopensian Tartar.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey V. viii. i. 232 A political sacrifice, by which enraged Governments are appeased..and ancient amities confirmed.

1900 P. S. Reinsch World Politics End 19th Cent. v. iii. 360 There is in the world a growing realization of a basis of common interests upon which international amities may rest.

2011 R. S. Westman Copernican Question xvii. 442/1 Reducing all friendships to a single, instrumental dimension..unnecessarily obscures and oversimplifies the character of Galileo's intellectual amities.

2. In plural. Expressions of friendship; pleasantries. rare.

ΚΠ

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. liii. f. lxii/2 Y^e duke..wrote agayne letters w^t grete salutacyons & amytyes to y^e kyng of Portyngale.

1776 H. Walpole Let. 17 Sept. (1904) IX. 413 General Howe, who, like his family, never wastes a monosyllable, does not think such little amities necessary.

1931 Rotarian Feb. 5/1 People..anxious to exchange amities with denizens of other lands.

2003 Daily Variety (Nexis) 11 July 8 The first-act [number] ‘Poems’, an exchange of amities between embryonic friends.

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

单词	amity
释义	amityn. Brit. /ˈamᵻti/, U.S. /ˈæmədi/ Forms: α. late Middle English–1500s amite, late Middle English–1500s amyte, late Middle English–1500s amytee, late Middle English–1500s amytye, late Middle English–1600s amitee, late Middle English–1600s amytie, 1500s amyty, 1500s–1600s amitie, 1500s–1600s amitye, 1500s– amity, 1600s ametie; also Scottish pre-1700 amete, pre-1700 ametye, pre-1700 amite, pre-1700 amitee, pre-1700 amitey, pre-1700 amitie, pre-1700 amittee, pre-1700 amytie, pre-1700 aymitie. β. late Middle English amiste, late Middle English amistee, late Middle English amyste. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman amistee, Anglo-Norman and Middle French amité, amisté, variants of amitié , amistié (French amitié ) friendship, friendly relations, a friendship (11th cent. in Old French as amistet ), (chiefly in plural) sign or expression of friendship, salutation (14th cent.) < an unattested post-classical Latin form amīcitāt- , amīcitās , alteration (with change of inflection; compare -ty suffix¹) of classical Latin amīcitia friendship, friendly relations, especially between states or rulers, affinity, accord < amīcus friend (see amyke n.) + -itia -ice suffix¹. 1. a. Friendship, friendliness, cordiality; friendly relations, esp. of a public character. Formerly also in plural in same sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friendship friendshipeOE friendredeeOE familiarity?c1225 amoura1300 amity1437 cronyism1840 mateship1849 palship1865 philia1938 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 1437 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1437 §37. m. 2 Certeins merchauntz of Leyden, Amsterdamme..and Seland, beyng of þe special amiste of oure soverain lorde, come þider to have boght a gret part of þe said wolles and wolfell. 1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 498 The preseruacion off þe amyteys taken late..wyth Fraunce. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 12^v Suche..as shulde be admytted to strayte amytyes. 1597 W. Cecil in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) III. 44 The auncient amitie between Spain and him. 1631 T. Heywood England's Elizabeth (1641) 45 Two brothers..knit and joyned together in amitie. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 348 This Pledge of ancient Amity receive, Which to my second Sire I justly give. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 290 She declared her resolution to live in perpetual amity with England. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. xii. 207 All the unceremoniousness of perfect amity . View more context for this quotation 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 101 Treaties of amity and commerce. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt ix. 122 The amity of the dinner was destroyed by the nagging of the Swansons. 2002 E. Peters Golden One (2003) 488 Tourists, convalescent officers, Egyptian workmen, and the permanent residents of Luxor mingled in amity. b. A friendly relationship or association; a friendship. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friendly relation(s) friendshipeOE amity1566 amicabilities1658 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xxxi. f. 62 Courtiers occupied themselfes, in..makinge of Mariages, amities, and attonementes. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ii4^v All leagues and Amities consist of mutuall Intelligence, and mutuall Offices. View more context for this quotation 1703 Universal Dict. at Abdilchair The King resolved to..give him his Daughter in Marriage; hoping thereby to contract a lasting Amity with the Precopensian Tartar. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey V. viii. i. 232 A political sacrifice, by which enraged Governments are appeased..and ancient amities confirmed. 1900 P. S. Reinsch World Politics End 19th Cent. v. iii. 360 There is in the world a growing realization of a basis of common interests upon which international amities may rest. 2011 R. S. Westman Copernican Question xvii. 442/1 Reducing all friendships to a single, instrumental dimension..unnecessarily obscures and oversimplifies the character of Galileo's intellectual amities. 2. In plural. Expressions of friendship; pleasantries. rare. ΚΠ 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. liii. f. lxii/2 Y^e duke..wrote agayne letters w^t grete salutacyons & amytyes to y^e kyng of Portyngale. 1776 H. Walpole Let. 17 Sept. (1904) IX. 413 General Howe, who, like his family, never wastes a monosyllable, does not think such little amities necessary. 1931 Rotarian Feb. 5/1 People..anxious to exchange amities with denizens of other lands. 2003 Daily Variety (Nexis) 11 July 8 The first-act [number] ‘Poems’, an exchange of amities between embryonic friends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1437
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