different between warmhearted vs amiable
warmhearted
English
Adjective
warmhearted
- Alternative form of warm-hearted
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amiable
English
Etymology
From Middle English amyable, from Old French amiable, from Late Latin am?c?bilis (“friendly”), from Latin am?cus (“friend”), from am? (“I love”). The meaning has been influenced by French amiable and Latin am?bilis (“loveable”). Compare with amicable, amorous, amability.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.mi.?.b?l/, /?æ.mi.?.b?l/
Adjective
amiable (comparative more amiable, superlative most amiable)
- Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious
- A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
- Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like
- c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:
- My dey?y delectabyll
My prymerose commendabyll
My vyolet amyabyll
My ioye in explicabill
Nowe torne agayne to me
- My dey?y delectabyll
- A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
- c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:
Usage notes
- See amicable.
Synonyms
- likable
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- amiable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- amiable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- amiable at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- aimable
French
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin am?c?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.mjabl/
Adjective
amiable (plural amiables)
- amiable
Derived terms
- à l'amiable
Further reading
- “amiable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin am?c?bilis (“friendly”), from Latin am?cus (“friend”), from am? (“I love”).
Adjective
amiable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular amiable)
- likable; amiable
Descendants
- Middle French: amyable
- Middle English: amyable, amiable
- English: amiable
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