单词 | pleasancy |
释义 | pleasancyn. Chiefly U.S. Now rare. Pleasantness, cheerfulness; gaiety, pleasantry. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] lustfulnessa900 sweetnessc900 sootnessc1000 unloathfulnessc1350 sugarc1374 pleasancec1395 agreeability?c1400 dulcourc1429 pleasure1497 pleasantnessa1500 douceness1518 dulceness?1526 dulcetness1528 pleasancy1545 ungrieffulness1556 acceptableness1565 rose water1584 pleasingnessa1586 amenity?1591 pleasing1591 acceptance1594 suavity1594 prettiness1604 jucundity1620 dulcity1623 pleasurableness1626 agreeablenessa1631 placency1639 acceptability1647 dulce1654 amicableness1667 pleasurability1793 niceness1809 dulciness1828 enjoyableness1868 Gemütlichkeit1892 sweetness and light1927 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry playOE gameOE ragec1330 ribaldyc1330 triflinga1382 bourda1387 japeryc1386 jesting1526 jest1551 jollity1591 pleasantry1602 lepidity1647 drollery1653 droll1670 sport1671 pleasancy1684 funniment1822 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iii.) f. 31v The amenite & pleasancy of the place. 1608 T. Walkington Salomons Sweete Harpe ii. 42 They must haue maturitie, paucitie, and pleasancie. 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia 67 They proceeded in their joyrny, beguiling the time with delightful pleasancy. 1684 I. Mather Ess. Illustrious Provid. (1856) 141 It is reported that one of the Popes, in way of pleasancy, saying to a parrat, ‘What art thou thinking of?’ the parrat immediately replied, ‘I have considered the dayes of old, the years of antient times’. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xvi. 117/2 He had a certain Pleasancy in Conversation. 1749 E. Turrell Life & Char. Reverend B. Colman iv. 33 With wonted Pleasancy and Droll. 1852 J. T. Buckingham Specimens of Newspaper Lit. 79 Pieces of pleasancy and mirth have a secret charm in them to allay the heats and tumors of our spirits, and to make a man forget his restless resentments. 1895 New Eng. Mag. May 313/2 ‘I have been much accommodated with the pleasancy of your escort, Guy’, the girl replied. 2004 avalongirl05.tripod.com 11 Aug. (O.E.D. Archive) I smell a sweet aroma Giving a pleasancy to the night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1545 |
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