† likancen.
Obsolete.
Liking; pleasure.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun]
lustc888
lustfulnessa900
queemnesseOE
mirtheOE
estec1000
winOE
queemc1175
sweetness?c1225
solace1297
dutea1300
lustinga1300
joyingc1300
jollityc1330
lustiheadc1369
lustinessc1374
sweet1377
voluptyc1380
well-pleasinga1382
pleasancec1385
pleasurea1393
volupta1398
easementc1400
pleasingc1400
complacencec1436
pleasec1475
satisfaction1477
likancea1500
oblectation1508
beauty1523
aggradation1533
pleasurancec1540
joc1560
likement1577
contentment1587
beloving1589
gratification1598
savouriness1599
entertain1601
pleasedness1626
well-apaidness1633
well-pleasedness1633
pleasingness1649
complacency1652
adlubescence1656
enjoyment1665
volupe1669
musica1674
pleasantry1740
barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 311 Loke that ye lowte to my lykance..; Dilygently ply to my plesance.
1581 J. Maplet Diall Destiny f. 3v Which of them with other are in friendly league and likance.
1671 J. Eliot Indian Dialogues iii. 45 I begin to have same good likance of the way, but I am loth to buy it at so dear a rate.
?1720 Found. of Govt. & Right of Sovereigns Examin'd 8 To mould their Sovereign Princes, or find those already moulded, to their own likeance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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