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† ˈpleasancy Obs.
[f. as pleasance1: see -ancy.]
a. Pleasing character, pleasantness.
b. Gaiety, pleasantry.
1545Joye Exp. Dan. iii. 31 b, The amenite & pleasancy of the place. 1684I. Mather Remark. 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’. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. ii. xvi. 435 He had a certain pleasancy in conversation. |