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pleasant

plea·sant

UK/ˈplɛz.ənt/ US/ˈplɛz.n̩t/ common

adjective

1.

affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

  • “a pleasant person to be around”
  • “we had a pleasant evening together”
  • “a pleasant scene”
  • “pleasant sensations”
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2.

pleasant in manner or behavior

  • “I didn”
  • “t a pleasant person to be around”
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Origin

From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.

Phrases

  • Lake Pleasant
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Pleasant Grove
  • Pleasant Hills
  • Pleasant Mound
  • Pleasant Prairie
  • Pleasant Valley
  • Point Pleasant

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