Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PLEASANT
pleasant
(adjective) (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; “I didn’t enjoy it and probably wasn’t a pleasant person to be around”
pleasant
(adjective) affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; “we had a pleasant evening together”; “a pleasant scene”; “pleasant sensations”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Pleasant
A surname.
Anagrams
• planates, platanes
Etymology
Adjective
pleasant (comparative pleasanter or more pleasant, superlative pleasantest or most pleasant)
Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
(obsolete) Facetious, joking.
Synonyms
• agreeable
• nice
Antonyms
• disagreeable
• nasty
• unpleasant
Noun
pleasant (plural pleasants)
(obsolete) A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.
Anagrams
• planates, platanes
Source: Wiktionary
Pleas"ant, a. Etym: [F. plaisant. See Please.]
1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather. Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ps. cxxxiii. 1.
2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow. From grave to light, from pleasant to serve. Dryden.
Syn.
– Pleasing; gratifying; agreeable; cheerful; good-humored; enlivening; gay; lively; merry; sportive; humorous; jocose; amusing; witty.
– Pleasant, Pleasing, Agreeable. Agreeable is applied to that which agrees with, or is in harmony with, one's tastes, character, etc. Pleasant and pleasing denote a stronger degree of the agreeable. Pleasant refers rather to the state or condition; pleasing, to the act or effect. Where they are applied to the same object, pleasing is more energetic than pleasant; as, she is always pleasant and always pleasing. The distinction, however, is not radical and not rightly observed.
Pleas"ant, n.
Definition: A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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