The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses.
Ruskin.
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.