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  • noun things that make you comfortable and at ease.

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  • noun Plural form of amenity.
  • noun The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness.

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  • noun things that make you comfortable and at ease

Etymologies

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From French aménité, from Latin amoenitās ("pleasantness, delightfulness"), from amoenus ("pleasant, delightful").

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