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pleasant

adj
/ˈplɛz.ənt/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from plaisant
  2. inherited from plesaunte

Definitions

  1. Giving pleasure

    Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.

    • We had a pleasant walk around the town.
    • It wasn't so hot outside, but pleasant enough to have lunch in the garden.
    • Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

  2. Facetious, joking.

    • [T]ell the pleasant prince this mock of his / Hath turn’d his balls to gun-stones […]

  3. A wit

    A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.

    • […] Galba was no better than one of the buffons or pleasants that professe to make folke merry and to laugh.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A surname.

    2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Switzerland County, Indiana, United…

      A township and unincorporated community therein, in Switzerland County, Indiana, United States.

    3. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Pleasant Township.

The neighborhood

Derived

Lake Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant Grove, Pleasant Hills, pleasantish, pleasantly, Pleasant Mound, pleasantness, Pleasant Prairie, pleasantry, Pleasant Valley, Point Pleasant

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pleasant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01pleasant02buffoon03fashion04practical05knowledge06appreciating07appreciative08gratitude09grateful10agreeable

A definitional loop anchored at pleasant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at pleasant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA