pleasantry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈplɛzəntɹi/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From pleasant + -ry, probably modelled on Middle French plaisanterie.
Meanings
- (countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable) A casual, courteous remark.
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(countable, uncountable) A playful remark; a jest.
Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries, the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.
2014 November 18, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian:
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(countable, dated, uncountable) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.
C.O.O: "The office was quite close to the home of our youth—" CHRM: "Thomas, your trip to Suitopia was not meant to be for pleasantries." C.O.O: "No… I know… But I was close by, so I went to visit them…" CHRM: "You should not have. You and I both know the way they are."
(Can we date this quote?), Toontown: Corporate Clash Development Team, Transcription Excerpt:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pleasantries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (21)
cmn 寒暄的話 /寒暄的话 (courteous remark) · fi vitsailu (jest) · pl uprzejmość (courteous remark) · fi kohteliaisuus (courteous remark) · bg шега (jest) · ota مزه (jest) · pl żart (jest) · da elskværdighed (courteous remark) · es pleitesía (courteous remark) · cmn 閑談的話 /闲谈的话 (jest) · bg закачка (jest) · ru любезность (courteous remark) · es placentería (courteous remark) · bg любезност (courteous remark) · ru шпилька (jest) · pl dowcip (jest) · cmn 打趣的話 /打趣的话 (jest) · cmn 客套的話 /客套的话 (courteous remark) · de Höflichkeit (courteous remark) · es placemiento (courteous remark) · fi kehu (courteous remark)