personable
Meaning
- Of a person: having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome.
- Of a person: having a pleasant manner; amiable, friendly.
- (obsolete, rare) Synonym of personal (“done in person, without an intermediary”).
- (obsolete) Being a legal person and thus able to maintain a plea in court, or to hold some property or right.
Opposite of
unattractive, unpersonable, attractive, beautiful, comely, good-looking, handsome, nice, pretty, cooperative, friendly, helpful
Synonyms
Translations
atractivo
atractiu
gut aussehend von angenehmer Erscheinung
γλυκομίλητος ευπαρουσίαστος χαριείς προσηνής
qui se présente bienFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɜː(ɹ)sənəbəl/
Etymology
In summary
From Late Middle English personable, personabil (“having a pleasing appearance, handsome”), and then from both of the following: * For sense 1 (“having a pleasing appearance”) and sense 2 (“having a pleasant manner”) (these senses are not found in Old French or Medieval Latin), probably from person, personne, persoun (“individual, person”) + -āble (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’ forming adjectives). * For sense 3.1 (“synonym of personal”) and sense 3.2 (“being a legal person”), from Middle French personable and Old French personable, and from their etymon Medieval Latin personābilis (“personal”), possibly from Medieval Latin persōna (“person”) + Latin -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’). By surface analysis, person + -able (suffix meaning ‘relevant or suitable to’).
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