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English
Etymology
From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance.
Pronunciation
Noun
pleasance (countable and uncountable, plural pleasances)
- A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
1859, John Ruskin, The Two Paths:the pleasances of old Elizabethan houses
- (obsolete) Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.
- (obsolete) The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight.
Translations
pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden
— see pleasure gardenFurther reading