pleasable
/ˈpliːzəbl/Now chiefly US
adjective
1Capable of being pleased; (formerly) specifically †placable, mild (obsolete ).
2Capable of pleasing; acceptable, pleasant, agreeable.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in The Wycliffite Bible (early version). From please + -able, probably originally after Anglo-Norman and Old French pleisable, plesable pleasing, agreeable, peaceful, serene.
- practic
- practicability
- practicable
- practicableness
- practicably
- practical
- practical activity
- practical attitude
- practical-based
- practical criticism
- practicalise
- practicalism
- practicalist
- practicality
- practicalization
- practicalize
- practical joke
- practical joker
- practically
- practically minded
- practical nurse
- practical nursing
- practical politician
- practical politics
- practical theology