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pleasant
1320, from O.Fr.
plaisant,
prp. of
plaisir
"to please" (see
please
).
Pleasantry
"sprightly humor in conversation" (1655) is from Fr.
plaisanterie,
from O.Fr.
plesanterie
(13c.), from
plaisant.
It has the word's modern Fr. sense of "funny, jocular."
