plesant

Old French

Verb

plesant

1. present participle of plere

Adjective

plesant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular plesant or plesante)

1. Alternative form of plaisant

   jeo n'ai garde, Sire, qe ceo coer ne serroit mult plesant a vous.

   I do not fear, Sire, that this heart will be very pleasing to you

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Etymology

From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɛˈzant/

Adjective

plesant

1. pleasant
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, line 1:

     MAI'T BE PLESANT TO TH' ECCELLENCIE

     MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114