ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pleasaunce

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈplɛz(ə)ns/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pleasaunce is a noun meaning Alternative form of pleasance.

Meaning

Alternative form of pleasance.

Example Sentences

King Amor planted the seed in a pleasaunce of its own. It grew into the most beautiful blue flower the world had ever known.
No maid will talk / Of sitting on my tomb, until the leaves, / Grown big upon the bushes of the walk, / East of the Palace-pleasaunce, make it hard / To see the minster therefrom […]
And he looked in the mirror, and, seeing his own face, he gave a great cry and woke, and the bright sunlight was streaming into the room, and from the trees of the garden and pleasaunce the birds were singing.
It must be remembered that she was like a child, entering into possession of a pleasaunce or toycupboard; her arguments would not commend themselves to mature women, who have had the run of it all their lives.

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Related dictionary entries include plaisaunce, pleasance, park, plaza, garden, pleasure dome.

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