Pleasantness
[plez-uh nt] /ˈplɛz ənt/
adjective
1.
, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving :
pleasant news.
2.
(of persons, manners, disposition, etc.) socially acceptable or adept; polite; amiable; agreeable.
3.
fair, as weather:
a pleasant summer day.
4.
Archaic. gay, sprightly, or merry.
5.
Obsolete. jocular or facetious.
/ˈplɛzənt/
adjective
1.
giving or affording pleasure; enjoyable
2.
having pleasing or agreeable manners, appearance, habits, etc
3.
(obsolete) merry and lively
adj.
late 14c. (early 14c. as a surname), from Old French plaisant “pleasant, pleasing, agreeable” (12c.), present participle of plaisir “to please” (see please). Pleasantry has the word’s modern French sense of “funny, jocular.” Related: Pleasantly.
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