| 单词 |
amical |
| 释义 |
amical, a. Now rare|ˈæmɪkəl|
[a. Fr. amical, ad. L. amīcāl-is (rare in cl., frequent in med.L.), f. amīc-us friend: see -al1. Cf. inimical.]
Friendly.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 86 Planets amicall, benevolous, auspicious. 1691W. Watson (title) An Amical Call to Repentance, etc. 1789H. L. Piozzi Observ. & Refl. I. 373 This pretty animal's amical disposition towards man. 1794― Brit. Synon. I. 26 Amical..is very lately come very much into favour, and one hears it now perpetually in fashionable and literary circles. [1814W. Taylor in Month. Mag. XXXVII. 118 Amicable..appears to have been originally either an impure word for amical, or a misprint for amiable.] 1832F. Burney Mem. Dr. Burney III. 132 In his amical career, he still possessed Mr. Twining. 1891‘Q’ Blue Pav. iv. 66 His conscience led him to exchange this country..for a soil more amical to his religious opinions.
Hence amiˈcality, friendliness. rare—1.
1899W. James Let. 7 June (1920) II. 88 The R.R. train seems to be great stimulus to the acts of the higher epistolary activity and correspondential amicality in you. |
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