pleasance
[noun]
Synonyms: amenity, agreeability, agreeableness, amiability, cordiality, enjoyableness, geniality, gratefulness, pleasantness, sweetness and light

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pleasance noun².LME-E19.
[Perh. from French Plaisance from Latin Placentia whence Italian Piacenza a city in northern Italy known for textile manufacture.]
A fine gauzelike fabric.

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pleasance noun¹. ['plɛz(ǝ)ns] Now arch. & poet. Also pleasaunce. ME.
[Old & mod. French plaisance, from plaisant pres. pple of plaisir PLEASE: see -ANCE.]
1. That which pleases one; pleasure, desire; wish, will. ME-M16.

2. The condition or feeling of being pleased; enjoyment, delight. LME.
■ Tennyson When my passion seeks Pleasance in love-sighs.

3. a. The action of pleasing someone; agreeable manners or behaviour, courtesy. LME-L16.
b. A lively or pleasing trick; a pleasantry. L17.

4. Pleasure-giving quality; pleasantness. Also, something which causes pleasure; that in which one delights. LME.
■ J. Speed Deseruedly for the pleasance of the place named Beaulieu.
■ Byron How Vain are the pleasaunces on earth supplied.

5. A secluded enclosure or part of a garden, esp. as attached to a large house, laid out with pleasant walks, trees, garden ornaments, etc. (Repr. in some Scottish street-names etc.) LME.
■ Jan Morris Outside the Governor's Palace, in what was His Excellency's private pleasance.

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