Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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PLEASANT, adj. Also pleesant (Abd. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes lxx.; Lnk. 1882 J. Carmichael Poems 33; Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 80; Abd. 1961 People's Jnl. (28 Jan.)); pleisand (Sc. 1893 Stevenson Catriona xxiii.); pleisunt, plizzent. Adv. pleesantly, pleesintly. Sc. forms and usage. [′pli:zənt]
1. Sc. forms of Eng. pleasant.Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 45:
An awyte it's nae exactly plizzent
To watch yer neeps turn blae an wizzent,
A puckle mildyowt runts, aa gizzent
An druchtit.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 50:
The thocht o Juan hung in the air like pleisunt music, a tantalisin clarsach wytin tae be strummed.
2. Of persons: humorous, witty, jocular, merry (‡Sh., ne., wm. and sm.Sc. 1966). Obs. in Eng. Ags. 1893 F. Mackenzie Cruisie Sk. xvi.:
Afore he slippit awa' he grew richt pleasant, an' said, “Ay, I'm thankfu' Maister Tamson's fine-pleased wi' my job.”m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick iii.:
There wasna his maik at waddins an' kirsenins, he was that joky an' pleesant.
