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
Pleasance
A female given name from French.
A surname.
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
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
