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pleasant

[ plez-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure:

    pleasant news.

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  2. (of persons, manners, disposition, etc.) socially acceptable or adept; polite; amiable; agreeable.

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  3. fair, as weather:

    a pleasant summer day.

  4. Archaic. lively, sprightly, or merry.
  5. Obsolete. jocular or facetious.


pleasant

/ ˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. giving or affording pleasure; enjoyable
  2. having pleasing or agreeable manners, appearance, habits, etc
  3. obsolete.
    merry and lively
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲹲ԳٲԱ, noun
  • ˈ𲹲Գٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 𲹲aԳ· adverb
  • 𲹲aԳ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pleasant1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English plesaunt, from Old French plaisant, originally present participle of plaisir “to please”; equivalent to please + -ant
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pleasant1

C14: from Old French plaisant, from plaisir to please
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Example Sentences

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Its looseness is appealing, if you don’t expect more than a pleasant time.

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Today, she lives with her mother in a pleasant apartment in Pomona.

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Fauxitude takes on another more general but profound meaning when we are required to maintain a falsely pleasant and accommodating attitude, regardless of our true feelings, powerful ideas and drive to collaborate and succeed.

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The decision by a Spanish scientific panel to block it came as a pleasant surprise to many of them.

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Temperatures will climb widely to 22-23C and it will feel very pleasant in the sunshine.

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