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pleasantnesse

pleasantnesse is the obsolete spelling of pleasantness.

Meaning of pleasantness

Noun

pleasantness (usually uncountable, plural pleasantnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being pleasant.
    • I thoroughly enjoyed the amenity of the clean mountain air in the summer.
  2. (countable, usually) Something pleasant.
    • […] to destroy the affections of truth, and thereby the pleasantnesses and happinesses of heaven […]1813, Emanuel Swedenborg, The Apocalypse, or, Book of revelations, explained

Forms of pleasantnesse

pluralpleasantnesses

Questions about pleasantnesse

What is pleasantnesse the obsolete spelling of?
Pleasantnesse is the obsolete spelling of pleasantness.

Words near pleasantnesse in the dictionary

  1. pleasantest
  2. pleasantish
  3. pleasantly
  4. pleasantnes
  5. pleasantness
  6. pleasantnesse
  7. pleasantnesses
  8. Pleasanton
  9. pleasantries
  10. pleasantry
  11. pleasants

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