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pleasant(dictionary)
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pleasant(1) (iou) and guild (iou)


pleasant(1) (iou)



pleasant adjective & adverb. ME.
[Old & mod. French plaisant pres. pple of plaisir (mod. plaire) PLEASE: see -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Having the quality of giving pleasure; agreeable to the mind, feelings, or senses. ME.
H. James The pleasantest incident of her life..was coming to an end. E. M. Forster The vine and the wych-elm had no pleasant connexions for her.
Esp. of a person: having pleasing manners, bearing, or appearance; agreeable, cheerful, good-humoured. Freq. in comb., as pleasant-looking, pleasant-faced, etc. LME.
L. P. Hartley He had a pleasant musical voice. J. Diski He had been pleasant enough, listening politely.
a. Humorous, jocular; merry, gay. obsolete exc. Scot. M16.
make pleasant be festive, make merry.
b. Boisterous or excited from drinking alcohol; tipsy. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Amusing, ridiculous. L16-M18.
b. adverb. Pleasantly. Now non-standard. M16.
M. R. Walker [My husband] scarce spoke pleasant all day.
pleasantly adverb LME.
pleasantness noun LME.

guild (iou)



guild noun1. Also (in sense 1) gild. LOE.
[Prob. from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch gilde (Dutch gild) from Germanic; rel. to Old English gi(e)ld payment, offering, sacrifice, idol, (also) guild (continued in Middle English as &ygh;ild, yeld), Old Frisian geld, ield money, Old Saxon geld payment, sacrifice, reward, Old High German gelt payment, tribute (Dutch, German Geld money), Old Norse gjald payment and gildi guild, payment, Gothic gild tribute, from Germanic.]
An organization formed for the mutual aid and protection of its members, or for the furtherance of some common purpose; esp. (occas. gild) a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants. LOE.
b. gen. A company, a fellowship. M17.
The meeting-place of a guild; the Home of a religious guild. LOE-M17.
Ecology. A group of species which have similar roles in the same community. E20.
Comb.: guild-brother a man who belongs to a guild; guildhall a hall in which a medieval guild met; a town hall; (Guildhall) the building in the City of London used by the Corporation of the City for meetings, banquets, etc.; guild socialism an economic system in which the resources, methods, and profits of each industry are controlled by a council of its members.
guildry noun (Scot.) (a) the municipal corporation of a Scottish royal burgh; (b) = GUILDSHIP 2: E16.