pleasance

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance. By surface analysis, please + -ance.

Where’er I look, its beauty o’er, The pleasance charms not as before. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki
The slowest-growing shrubs in its pleasance were tough, seamed, branched and bowed with time. — Girlhood and Womanhood: The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes, Sarah Tytler
Pleasance of love, O goodly debonair,* *lovely and gracious* In gentle heart ay* ready to repair! — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer

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