Word of the Day for Thursday,

August 23, 2007

amicable \AM-ih-kuh-buhl\, adjective:

Characterized by friendliness and good will; friendly; peaceable.

He is back on amicable terms with his first wife and with his children.
-- Bruce Weber, "Raymond Carver: A Chronicler of Blue-Collar Despair", New York Times, June 24, 1984

While the discussion was very spirited, the most amicable feelings were displayed on all sides.
-- "The Inauguration of the President of the Southern Confederacy", New York Times, February 18, 1861

The stage was set for simmering hostility between the two sects, and the breakdown in amicable relations was hastened by the high-handed attitude of the Maronite emirs towards the Druze barons, who lost many of their ancestral privileges and lands.
-- Robin Waterfield, Prophet: The Life and Times of Kahlil Gibran

Quarrels over property, for example, severed long-amicable bonds between siblings and neighbors.
-- Katherine Verdery, The Political Lives of Dead Bodies

Amicable derives from Latin amicus, "friend," from amare, "to love."

Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for amicable

Bj: Yes that word applies to most of the people at ALP.

Thanks, Bruce

Hi BJ! Thanks for the daily words! This was a cool idea :)

Now, where's JOE D today?? lol I think for every daily word that Joe has to make a sentence!! :) :P

~Monica

lol @ Joe! so then does it feel like your birthday every day?? :) :P