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affable (c.1275)
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affable (c.1275)

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(effable  S Fran ANTS 132)  
  FEW:  affabilis 24,243b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  affable 8,38c TL: afable 1,168 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  affable  TLF:  affable  OED:  affable a.  MED:  affabyl a.  DMLBS:  affabilis 47a

a.

affable, benign: 
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  il estoit a poveres affable  Reis Engl1 64
( 1323-25 )  plus commons de port et plus affables as poveres et as riches q’ils ne sont ore  St Sard 67
♦friendly, easy-going: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Curtays, despendaunt e affable  S Fran ANTS 86
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