Amiable
Bible Usage:
- amiable used once.
- Bible Reference: Psalms 84:1
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3039 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Amiable
A'MIABLE, adjective [Latin amabilis; from amo, to love.]
1. Lovely; worth of love; deserving of affection; applied usually to persons. But in Psalms 84:1, there is an exception, 'How amiable are the tabernacles, O Lord.'
2. Pretending or showing love.
Lay amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife.
But this use is not legitimate.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Amiableness
A'MIABLENESS, noun The quality of deserving love; loveliness.