pleasantnessn.
/ˈplɛzntnəs/, U.S. /ˈplɛzn(t)nəs/ The quality of being pleasant (in various senses).
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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 > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > specifically of persons
pleasantnessa1500
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > humour > quality of being humorous
facetiousness1542
sportfulnessa1586
jocularity1646
faceteness1654
humour?1663
pleasantness1685
jocoseness1706
humorousness1727
funniness1836
jokesomeness1880
SOH1980
a1500 Ratis Raving 1083 With plesandnes of perfyt persone.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 25v The Lieuetenaunt beinge entysed by the pleasantnes of the kynges syster.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. B2 Pleasantnes or easines of sound or vtterance, called Euphonia.
1610 A. Willet Hexapla in Danielem 261 Italie..is for pleasantnes and fruitfulnesse farre beyond other regions.
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. iii. 17 Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace. View more context for this quotation
1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 76 There is nothing more unpleasant than a continual pleasantness... Some minutes are to be allowed to mirth, and the rest to seriousness.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 266 He had a pleasantness in his conversation that took much with the King.
1783 E. Arthur Serm. Var. Subj. ix. 202 The world can afford no such joy as this, neither fro pleasantness, nor profitableness.
1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul Introd. 73 The influence of the rains of Hindoostaun..had cooled the air, and given it a peculiar softness and pleasantness.
1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iv. i. 99 She hath won upon our people thro' her beauty, And pleasantness among them.
1908 E. F. Benson Climber 191 She had the serene indulgence towards the doings of others which, though it may only spring from indifference to morals, is yet a factor in the world that makes for peace and pleasantness.
1990 J. McGahern Amongst Women 49 When it was done the whole house had acquired a new pleasantness and comfort.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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