Full definition of pleasurance
Noun
- (rare) Pleasure.
- c1540(?a1400), The “Gest Hystoriale†of the Destruction of Troy: An Alliterative Romance, When Cassandra hade knowyng how þe case stode,
Þat the mariage was made þo mighty betwene,
She brast out in a birre, bale to be-holde.
With a mighty noise, noye for to here,
Playnond with pytie, no pleasurance at all,
With sykyng & sorow said on this wise:—
“A! fonnet folke, why fare ye thus now,
With solas full sore, and sanges of myrthe,
At the weddyng of the weghes, þat shall to wo turne. - 10 December 1846, The Laborer’s Song, Soon as our thoughts the proper path have taken,
Seeking that pleasurance which oft controls
Life’s stern realities—Heaven will tire each mind
With love for sacred Right—with Justice to mankind! - 1925, The Le Gallienne Book of American Verse, Yet once, I mind me, Smith was forced to stay
Close in his room. Not calm as I was he;
But his noise brought no pleasurance, verily. - 5 January 1959, Don’t Fight Winter Weather in a Worn Out Car!, Feel the joy of driving a clean, comfortable automobile, fully equipped to make the toughest weather a pleasurance to drive in.
