Pleas"ant , n. A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]
Pleas"ant (?), a. [F. plaisant. See Please.]
1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses;
agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Ps.
cxxxiii. 1. 2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow.
From grave to
light, from pleasant to serve.
Dryden. Syn. -- Pleasing;
gratifying; agreeable; cheerful; good- humored;
enlivening; gay; lively; merry; sportive; humorous; jocose; amusing; witty. -- Pleasant, Pleasing, Agreeable. Agreeable is applied to that which
agrees with, or is in harmony
with, one's
tastes, character, etc. Pleasant and pleasing denote a stronger degree of the agreeable. Pleasant refers rather
to the state or condition; pleasing, to the act or effect. Where they are applied to the same object, pleasing is more energetic than pleasant; as, she is always
pleasant and always pleasing. The distinction, however, is not radical and not rightly observed.
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