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displeasance

displeasance noun: displeasure, dissatisfaction.

Noun

displeasance (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Displeasure, dissatisfaction.
    • Cordeill said she lou'd him, as behoou'd: / Whose simple answere, wanting colours faire / To paint it forth, him to displeasance moou'd […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin of displeasance

From Old French desplaisance.

Questions about displeasance

What does displeasance mean?
Displeasance means displeasure, dissatisfaction.
What part of speech is displeasance?
Displeasance is a noun.

Words near displeasance in the dictionary

  1. displayings
  2. displays
  3. displaywide
  4. disple
  5. displeas'd
  6. displeasance
  7. displeasant
  8. displeasantly
  9. displeasantness
  10. displeasaunt
  11. displease

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