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单词 pleasancy
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pleasancyn.

Brit. /ˈplɛznsi/, U.S. /ˈplɛz(ə)nsi/
Forms: 1500s– pleasancy, 1600s pleasancie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pleasant adj., -ancy suffix.
Etymology: < pleasant adj.: see -ancy suffix. Compare earlier pleasance n.1
Chiefly U.S. Now rare.
Pleasantness, cheerfulness; gaiety, pleasantry.
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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).
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