agreeability

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a temperamental disposition to be agreeable

Etymology

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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