pleasance

[ plez-uhns ]

noun

1. a place laid out as a pleasure garden or promenade.
2. Archaic. pleasure.

pleasance

/ ˈplɛzəns /

noun

1. a secluded part of a garden laid out with trees, walks, etc
2. archaic.
   enjoyment or pleasure

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleasance¹

1300–50; Middle English plesaunce < Middle French plaisance. See pleasant, -ance

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleasance¹

C14 plesaunce, from Old French plaisance, from plaisant pleasant, from plaisir to please

Example Sentences

What manner of man was this Ferdinando de' Medici who had converted his garden pleasance into a museum?

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In truth, more than one party entered and traversed the Pleasance.

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Meet me in the Pleasance when the Queen has retired to her chamber.

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The slowest-growing shrubs in its pleasance were tough, seamed, branched and bowed with time.

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Dame Fitzooth and the Squire followed later to the pleasance, and there one and all tried conclusions.

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