Meanings
plural agreeabilities
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being agreeable; pleasantness.First known use 18th c.
[S]he was all good humour, spirits, sense and agreeability. Surely I may make words, when at a loss, if Dr Johnson does.
1778, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 95 - countableusuallyThe result, product, or an instance of being agreeable.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchagreable
- Middle Englishagreable
- Englishagreeability
From agreeable (from Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable) by analogy with -ability. By surface analysis, agree + -ability. Compare the only attestation before the 18th century (by Geoffrey Chaucer), Middle English aggreablete, agreablete (“favorable disposition, tolerance”), from Middle French agréableté.
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