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Definition of pleasantness - 3 dictionary results

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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Word Origin & History

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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