pleasance
Meanings
Plural: pleasances
Noun
- a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
- a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
- A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
- Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.
- The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance. By surface analysis, please + -ance.
Synonyms
pleasure, pleasure garden
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
pleasance is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpleasance is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pleasance is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
pleasance is a valid Words With Friends word