pleasance
/ˈplɛz(ə)ns
/noun
A secluded enclosure or part of a garden, especially one attached to a large house.Escaping post-war London, the grieving widow directed her energies into creating her own decorative version of a Scottish pleasance, planting fruit and vegetables as well as flowers among its topiary....
- St. Edmund's Pleasance is a medium-sized piece of parkland that stands at the top of East Hill, overlooking the whole of Dartford and the surrounding areas.
- He has gone to his pleasance, a place six miles away, where he will celebrate the festivities.
Origin
Middle English (in the sense 'pleasure'): from Old French plaisance, from plaisant 'pleasing' (see pleasant).
Rhymes
- adaptationist
- adaptative
- adaptativeness
- adaptedness
- adapter
- adaption
- adaptionist
- adaptitude
- adaptive
- adaptive control
- adaptive expectations
- adaptive expectations hypothesis
- adaptive immunity
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- adaptive optics
- adaptive radiation
- adaptive zone
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- adaptogen
- adaptogenic
- adaptometer