[ad. L. amābilitas, n. of quality f. amābil-is lovely; or perh. a. Fr. amabilité, OFr. amableté. Usefully distinct from AMIABILITY.] The quality of being lovable; lovableness.
1604. Wright, Passions of Mind, v. § 4. 209. A sweete grace and motive to amabilitie.
1635. J. Hayward, Banished Virg., 131. The amability of his conditions and carriage.
1636. Heywood, Love’s Mistress, Prol. Shee, The very soul of amabilitee.
1655. Jer. Taylor, Unum Necessar., viii. § 5. 31. There may be the apprehension of two amabilities.
1659. Gentlem. Calling, xviii. § 24. 449. There being such a venerable amability in it.
1775. in Ash.
[1791. Mrs. Damer in Miss Berry’s Corr., I. 348. My amabilité I suppose was so great that one of them proposed to embrace me.]
