Meanings
noundispleasance (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableDispleasure, 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
- Old Frenchdesplaisance
- Englishdispleasance
From Old French desplaisance.
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APA
displeasance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/displeasance
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“displeasance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/displeasance. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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