name
Meaning 1
A female given name from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pleasance
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/ˈplɛzəns/
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rhymes with -ɛzəns
name
Meaning 2
A surname transferred from the given name.
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noun
Meaning 3
A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: pleasure garden
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noun
Meaning 4
Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was tingling with pleasure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pleasure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feeling
Narrower terms: delight, delectation, enjoyment, pleasantness, comfort, sexual pleasure
noun
Meaning 7
a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: retreat
History
Etymology
From an Old French female given name Plaisance, from plaisance (“pleasance”). The surname is partly matronymic, partly habitational from the Italian town of Piacenza.
From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance. By surface analysis, please + -ance.
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