PLEASANCE

pleasure, pleasance

(noun) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; “he was tingling with pleasure”

pleasance

(noun) a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Pleasance

A female given name from French.

A surname.

Etymology

Noun

pleasance (countable and uncountable, plural pleasances)

(obsolete) Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy. [14th-17th c.]

(obsolete) The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight. [14th-19th c.]

Grounds laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden. [from 16th c.]

Source: Wiktionary


Pleas"ance, n. Etym: [F. plaisance. See Please.]

1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [Archaic] Shak. "Full great pleasance." Chaucer. "A realm of pleasance." Tennyson.

2. A secluded part of a garden. [Archaic] The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. Ruskin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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