plaise

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A form of plaice — Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.

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Meanings

plaise1

nounplaise (plural plaises)

plural plaises

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of plaice (the fish).

plaise2

verbplaise (third-person singular simple present plaises, present participle plaising, simple past and past participle plaised)

present singular third person plaises · participle present plaising · participle past plaised · past plaised

  1. alternativedialectalAlternative form of please.

    ‘Port, if you plaise,’ says Mr. Goldsmith, laughing.

    1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “My Pedigree and Family.—Undergo the Influence of the Tender Passion.”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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