||Am`e*tro"pi*a (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; irregular + &?;, &?;, eye.] (Med.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye. -- Am`e*trop"ic (&?;), a.
Am*har"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n. The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).
||Am"i*a (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; a kind of tunny.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.
A`mi*a*bil"i*ty (&?;), n. The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.
Every excellency is a degree of amiability.
Jer. Taylor.
A"mi*a*ble (&?;), a. [F. amiable, L. amicabilis friendly, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. Amicable, Amorous, Amability.] 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obs. or R.]
So amiable a prospect.
Sir T. Herbert.
2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.