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    Word of the Day : July 20, 2024

    amiable
    adjective AY-mee-uh-bul

    What It Means
    Someone or something described as amiable
    is friendly and agreeable.

    // Both children have amiable dispositions,


    which makes them easy to travel with.

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    AMIABLE in Context
    "An amiable, Honda Civic–driving, bird-
    watching Everyman in shorts and glasses,
    Gary somehow turns out to be the perfect
    fake assassin." — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 May
    2024

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    Amiable has its roots in amīcus the Latin
    word for "friend," and can ultimately be
    traced back to the verb amare, meaning "to
    love." English has been friendly with amiable
    since the 14th century, at which time it
    meant "pleasing" or "admirable" (a sense
    that is now obsolete). The current, familiar
    senses of "generally agreeable" and "friendly
    and sociable" came centuries later. Amare
    has also given English speakers such words
    as amative and amorous (both meaning
    "strongly moved by love"), amour ("a usually
    illicit love affair"), and even amateur (which
    originally meant "admirer"). And that’s just
    the tip of the amare iceberg: its influence on
    Romance languages is nothing short of
    integral. The Spanish word for "friendship" is
    amistad, the French word for "friend" is ami,
    and the Italian word for "love"? That’s amore.

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