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pleas⋅ant

  [plez-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
2. (of persons, manners, disposition, etc.) socially acceptable or adept; polite; amiable; agreeable.
3. fair, as weather: a pleasant summer day.
4. Archaic. gay, sprightly, or merry.
5. Obsolete. jocular or facetious.
Origin:
1325–75; ME plesaunt < MF plaisant, orig. prp. of plaisir to please; see -ant

Related forms:
pleas⋅ant⋅ly, adverb
pleas⋅ant⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. welcome, gratifying. 2. delightful, congenial, friendly.
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pleas·ant   (plěz'ənt)   
adj.   pleas·ant·er, pleas·ant·est
  1. Giving or affording pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable: a pleasant scene; pleasant sensations.
  2. Pleasing in manner, behavior, or appearance.
  3. Fair and comfortable: pleasant weather.
  4. Merry; lively.

[Middle English plesaunt, from Old French plaisant, present participle of plaisir, to please, from Latin placēre; see plāk-1 in Indo-European roots.]
pleas'ant·ly adv., pleas'ant·ness n.
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Pleasant

Pleas"ant\, a. [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.

Usage: 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.

Pleasant

Pleas"ant\, n. A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : pleasant
Spanish: agradable, amable, simpático,
German: angenehm,
Japanese: 楽しい
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pleasant 
1320, from O.Fr. plaisant, prp. of plaisir "to please" (see please). Pleasantry "sprightly humor in conversation" (1655) is from Fr. plaisanterie, from O.Fr. plesanterie (13c.), from plaisant. It has the word's modern Fr. sense of "funny, jocular."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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