Amiable
Amiable ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[French amiable, Latin amicabilis friendly, from amicus friend, from amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by French aimable, Latin amabilis lovable, from amare to love. Compare Amicable, Amorous, Amability.]
1.
Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obsolete or Rare]
So amiable a prospect.
2.
Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
3.
Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.
4.
Done out of love. [Obsolete]
Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife.