Word:
Amenity
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
Something that makes life easier or more pleasant.
Sentences:
1) The hotel has every amenity one could want.
2) They're an unhappy, bickering couple who, at least in public, observe all amenities of good behavior.
Origin:
Middle English amenite, from Latin amoenitat-, amoenitas, from amoenus which means 'pleasant'.
First use:
15th century
Synonyms:
civility, attention, courtesy, formality, gesture, pleasantry
Antonyms:
basic, essential, fundamental.
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