pleasance

noun /ˈplɛzəns/

1. A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.

   countable, uncountable

   the pleasances of old Elizabethan houses

2. Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

3. The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

   Now ſtands the Brere like a Loꝛd alone, / Puffed vp with pꝛyde and vaine pleaſaunce: […]

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pleasance (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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