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adj nice

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noun. entertaining, making someone laugh

Word Origin & History

early 14c., "to be agreeable," from Old French plaisir "to please, give pleasure to, satisfy" (11c., Modern French plaire, the form of which is perhaps due to analogy of faire), from Latin placere "to be acceptable, be liked, be approved," related to placare "to soothe, quiet" (source of Spanish placer, Italian piacere), possibly from PIE *plak-e- "to be calm," via notion of still water, etc., from root *plak- (1) "to be flat" (see placenta).

Meaning "to delight" in English is from late 14c. Inverted use for "to be pleased" is from c.1500, first in Scottish, and paralleling the evolution of synonymous like (v.). Intransitive sense (e.g. do as you please) first recorded c.1500; imperative use (e.g. please do this), first recorded 1620s, was probably a shortening of if it please (you) (late 14c.). Related: Pleased; pleasing; pleasingly.

Verbs for "please" supply the stereotype polite word (e.g. "Please come in," short for may it please you to ...) in many languages (French, Italian), "But more widespread is the use of the first singular of a verb for 'ask, request' " [Buck, who cites German bitte, Polish proszę, etc.]. Spanish favor is short for hace el favor "do the favor." Danish has in this sense vær saa god, literally "be so good."

Example Sentences for pleasing

The fable is fanciful and pleasing in itself; but will it not hereafter be believed as reality?

Could any thing be pleasing to him, that you did not say or do?

This meal is not in the least unusual, but it is very dainty and pleasing.

The ceremony is gone through for the sake of pleasing a deity.

He knew that his appearance was quite as pleasing as that of his friend.

He was pleasing to her as he had always been, and when that is so women forgive much.

Some pleasing exceptions may be found to these observations.

And carrying my mother off with him, he left me to my pleasing reflections.

Grey is a colour, and can be a very powerful and pleasing colour.

He was not without hopes of pleasing—what young man of nineteen or twenty is?

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