plaisance

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proper noun

A surname.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

plaisance1

nounplaisance (plural plaisances)

plural plaisances

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of pleasance (“pleasure ground”).

    He wandered thoughtfully in the plaisance adjoining the house, planning, as we all plan, circumstances which never arrive; and framing speeches which, when the time comes, we never make.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 38–39

Plaisance2

proper nounPlaisance (plural Plaisances)

plural Plaisances

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APA

plaisance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaisance

MLA

“plaisance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaisance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plaisance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaisance.

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