Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
We had a pleasant walk around the town.
Facetious, joking.
[T]ell the pleasant prince this mock of his / Hath turn’d his balls to gun-stones […]
A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.
[…] Galba was no better than one of the buffons or pleasants that professe to make folke merry and to laugh.
A surname.
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Switzerland County, Indiana, United States.
A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Pleasant Township.
From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. Present participle of English please. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became M...
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