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pleasantness|ˈplɛzəntnɪs|
[f. pleasant a. + -ness.]
The quality of being pleasant (in various senses: see the adj.).
1530Palsgr. 255/2 Plesantnesse, plaisance. Ibid., Plesantnesse, amenité. 1555Eden Decades 25 The Lieuetenaunt beinge entysed by the pleasantnes of the kynges syster. 1610A. Willet Hexapla Dan. 261 Italie..is for pleasantnes and fruitfulnesse farre beyond other regions. 1611Bible Prov. iii. 17 Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace. 1685tr. Gracian's Courtiers Orac. 76 There is nothing more unpleasant than a continual pleasantness... Some minutes are to be allowed to mirth, and the rest to seriousness. a1715Burnet Own Time (1766) I. 373 He had a pleasantness in his conversation that took much with the king. 1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) I. 99 The influence of the rains of Hindoostaun..had cooled the air, and given it a peculiar softness and pleasantness. 1877Tennyson Harold iv. i. 14 She hath won upon our people thro' her beauty And pleasantness among them. |