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agreeability

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Etymology

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From agreeable (from Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable) by analogy with -ability.[1] 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.[1][2]

Noun

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agreeability (usually uncountable, plural agreeabilities)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being agreeable; pleasantness. [from 18th c.]
    • 1778, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 95:
      [S]he was all good humour, spirits, sense and agreeability. Surely I may make words, when at a loss, if Dr Johnson does.
  2. (countable) The result, product, or an instance of being agreeable.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 agreeability, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ agrẹ̄ābletẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.