Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Pleasant (-er)
pleasant (-er), adj. [ME < OFr pleisant < plaisir, to please.] (webplay: ceased, content, eye, God, like, love, meet, mind, opposed, person, please God, sailing, saying, tranquilized).
- Agreeable; nice; good; desirable; enjoyable; satisfactory
- Cloudless; calm; characterized by fair weather.
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