pleasance
pleasance · pleasances
A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and…A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
/ˈplɛzəns/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight.
Origin
From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance. By surface analysis,From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance. By surface analysis, please + -ance.
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Forms
plural: pleasances| Singular | pleasance |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience:pleasure
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable