personable

Meaning

Adjective

• Having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome.
• Having a pleasant or manner; friendly; amiable.
• Enabled to maintain pleas in court.
• Having capacity to take anything granted.

Related

Similar words

• affable

Origin

• From Middle English personable, personabil, equivalent to person + -able. Compare Medieval Latin personabilis ("personal"), found in a late 13th century British source. The Middle French personable doesn't appear until 1528.