pleasance

• Nom désignant un agréable coin retiré d'un jardin, souvent attenant à une demeure, ou le sentiment fondamental de plaisir que l'on cherche à éprouver.

A noun referring to a pleasant, secluded part of a garden, often attached to a mansion, or a fundamental feeling of enjoyment that people desire to experience.

1. Secluded garden areaC2formalbritish

   A pleasant, private, and often ornamental part of a garden, typically attached to a large house or mansion.

   Jardin d'agrément clos

   • The old manor had a beautiful pleasance with a fountain and rose bushes.
   • They spent the afternoon reading in the shaded pleasance behind the house.
   • The pleasance was designed as a quiet retreat from the main estate.

   Synonymesarborbowergroveretreat

2. Feeling of delightC2formal

   A fundamental feeling of enjoyment, satisfaction, or happiness that people seek.

   Plaisir

   • The pleasance of a warm summer evening is hard to describe.
   • He found great pleasance in the simple act of gardening.
   • The music brought a sense of pleasance to everyone in the room.

   Synonymesblissdelightenjoymentgladnessgratificationhappinessjoypleasuresatisfaction

   Antonymesdispleasuregriefmiserysorrowunhappiness