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8 definitions found for pleasance
Pleasance PLEASANCE, n. plez'ance. [See Please.] Gayety; pleasantry; merriment.
pleasance n 1: a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion 2: a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure" [syn: pleasure, pleasance] [ant: pain, painfulness]
pleasance noun Date: 14th century 1. a feeling of pleasure ; delight 2. a pleasant rest or recreation place usually attached to a mansion
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pleasance n. a secluded enclosure or part of a garden, esp. one attached to a large house. [ME f. OF plaisance (as PLEASANT)]
Pleasance Pleas"ance, n. [F. plaisance. See Please.] 1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [Archaic] --Shak. ``Full great pleasance.'' --Chaucer. ``A realm of pleasance.'' --Tennyson. 2. A secluded part of a garden. [Archaic] The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. --Ruskin.
pleasance n. Pleasure, gayety, pleasantry, merriment, delight, enjoyment.
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