Home › Words › P › pleasancepleasance/ˈplɛzəns/pleasance means A female given name from French.pleasance is pronounced /ˈplɛzəns/.EtymologyFrom an Old French female given name Plaisance, from plaisance (“pleasance”). The surname is partly matronymic, partly habitational from the Italian town of Piacenza.nameA female given name from French.e.g.“Similarly, the verse at the close of Through the Looking Glass is an acrostic for Alice Pleasance Liddell.” — 2008, Sherry L. Ackerman, Behind the Looking Glass, page 32:A surname transferred from the given name.nounA pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.e.g.“the pleasances of old Elizabethan houses” — 1859, John Ruskin, The Two Paths:Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).