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pleasance¹

  • /ˈplɛzəns/

Rhymes with -ɛzəns

Where it comes from

From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance. By surface analysis, please + -ance.

noun pleasances · plaisance · plaisaunce · pleasaunce

  1. countable, uncountable A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden. the pleasances of old Elizabethan houses

    Similar: pleasure garden

  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.
  3. countable, obsolete, uncountable The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight. Now ſtands the Brere like a Loꝛd alone, / Puffed vp with pꝛyde and vaine pleaſaunce: […]

Pleasance²

Where it comes from

From an Old French female given name Plaisance, from plaisance (“pleasance”). The surname is partly matronymic, partly habitational from the Italian town of Piacenza.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from French. Similarly, the verse at the close of Through the Looking Glass is an acrostic for Alice Pleasance Liddell.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

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"pleasance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pleasance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"pleasance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pleasance.

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@misc{pleasance_2026,
  title = {pleasance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pleasance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}