amenity

[ uh-men-i-tee, uh-mee-ni- ]

/ əˈmɛn ɪ ti, əˈmi nɪ- /

an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility: the graceful amenities of society.

any feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure: The house has a swimming pool, two fireplaces, and other amenities.

the quality of being pleasing or agreeable in situation, prospect, disposition, etc.; pleasantness: the amenity of the Caribbean climate.

amenities, lavatory; bathroom: used as a euphemism.

Origin of amenity

1400–50; late Middle English amenite < Anglo-French < Latin amoenitās, equivalent to amoen(us) pleasing + -itās -ity

Meanwhile, he enjoyed 202 High as the quintessence of youth's amenity.

Sinister Street, vol. 2 |Compton Mackenzie
Sussex has not only individual quality, amenity and interest: all counties have them.

The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 |Various
Thus impotently growling, the merchant prince retired from the field, escorted with amenity by the courtier.

Love Me Little, Love Me Long |Charles Reade
My friend showed himself very sensible of the beauty and amenity of the hour.

In the South Seas |Robert Louis Stevenson

This is an amenity of existence in Africa that strikes one as very terrible.

Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 |Various

amenity

/ (əˈmiːnɪtɪ) /

(often plural) a useful or pleasant facility or service a swimming pool was just one of the amenities

the fact or condition of being pleasant or agreeable

(usually plural) a social courtesy or pleasantry

C14: from Latin amoenitās pleasantness, from amoenus agreeable