Pleasant Meaning
/ˈplɛz.ənt/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjGiving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
adjFacetious, joking.
Sentence Examples
Nothing is so pleasant as traveling by air.
Meeting my old friend was very pleasant.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The weather was so ____ that we decided to have a picnic.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The afternoon was warm and ____, perfect for a long walk along the coastal path.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 133:1:
"“I cannot see that London has any great advantage over the country, for my part, except the shops and public places. The country is a vast deal pleasanter, is not it, Mr. Bingley?”"
— 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 94:
"“I was only going to say,” said Scrooge’s nephew, “that the consequence of his taking a dislike to us, and not making merry with us, is, as I think, that he loses some pleasant moments, which could do him no harm. I am sure he loses pleasanter companions than he can find in his own thoughts, either in his mouldy old office, or his dusty chambers."
— 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 109:
"“O Oysters, come and walk with us!” / The Walrus did beseech. / “A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, / Along the briny beach:"
— 1871 December 27 (indicated as 1872), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
"It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The weather was so ____ that we decided to have a picnic.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The afternoon was warm and ____, perfect for a long walk along the coastal path.