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pleaseman

noun

Etymology

From please + -man.

  1. derived from *pleHk-✻ — “pleasingness, permission”
  2. derived from placeō — “to please, to seem good”
  3. derived from plaise
  4. inherited from plesen
  5. suffixed as pleaseman — “please + man”

Definitions

  1. An officious fellow

    An officious fellow; a pickthank.

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