PLEASANT, adjective plez'ant. 1. Pleasing; agreeable; grateful to the mind or to the senses; as a pleasant ride; a pleasant voyage; a pleasant view. Light is pleasant to the eye; an orange is pleasant to the taste; harmony is pleasant to the ear; a rose is pleasant to the smell. How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Psalms 133:1. 2. Cheerful; enlivening; as pleasant society or company. 3. Gay; lively; humorous; sportive; as a pleasant companion. 4. Trifling; adapted rather to mirth than use. 5. Giving pleasure; gratifying. This word expresses less than delightful, to the mind, and delicious, to the taste.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI