pleasant

Betekenis

Adj

1. Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
2. (obsolete) Facetious, joking.

Noun

A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈplɛzənt/

Etimologie

From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. Present participle of English please. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.

Sinne

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

" If good things are coming , they will be a pleasant surprise ," said the seer .