amability

English

Etymology

From Latin amabilitas.

Noun

amability (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) lovableness
   • 1657, Jeremy Taylor, Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship:

     every excellency is a degree of amability

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with amiability.

References

• “amability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.