Associations to the word «Pleasance»

Wiktionary

PLEASANCE, noun. (archaic) A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.
PLEASANCE, noun. (obsolete) pleasure
PLEASANCE, proper noun. A female given name.
PLEASANCE, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

PLEASANCE, noun. A pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion.
PLEASANCE, noun. A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca